The U.S. drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution entered the waters of the South China Sea on the afternoon of Feb. 14 to conduct a third drilling session. Thirty-three scientists from China and abroad proceeded to board the vessel. The first sampling tube of submarine sediment was drilled on Feb. 15, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
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