China’s massive maritime science infrastructure – an aircraft carrier-sized floating artificial island – has officially entered its engineering construction phase. On October 18, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), the facility’s lead developer, signed a construction contract worth over 2. 7 b...
Source: [SCMP](https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3372330/china-formally-launches-project-build-aircraft-carrier-sized-science-island)