"Zhongshan Station" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1988 August 25, “2d Antarctic Station Planned”, in Daily Report: China, number 165, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 2",
          "text": "The station will be named after Dr. Sun Yat-sen, as “Zhongshan Station”.[…]\nHe also took the opportunity to welcome compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Overseas Chinese as well as scientists from friendly countries, to conduct research at the “Great Wall Station” and the future “Zhongshan Station.”",
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          "ref": "2008 February 19, Dennis Overbye, “Long Nights, 90 Below. What More Could Astronomers Want?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-01-05, Science",
          "text": "Besides China, which has committed to spending more than $25 million on Plato in the next few years, the collaboration includes astronomers from the United States, Australia and Britain. China will bear the brunt of the logistical work, hauling supplies, equipment and people over land from its Zhongshan station on the Amery Ice Shelf.",
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          "ref": "2008 December 18, “PRESS DIGEST - China - Dec 19”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2023-04-08, FINANCIAL SERVICES AND REAL ESTATE",
          "text": "The Chinese 25th Antarctic expedition team left Zhongshan Station Thursday for the highest icecap on the South Pole to set up the country’s first inland Antarctic research station.",
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          "ref": "2012 November, Alexis Averbuck, “East Antarctica & the South Pole”, in Antarctica (Lonely Planet), 5th edition, →OCLC, page 124, column 2",
          "text": "In early 2008 a six-tractor caravan left China’s Zhongshan Station, covering the 1300km traverse to Dome A in three weeks to set up the Plateau Observatory (PLATO).",
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          "ref": "2023 February 15, Caitlin McFall, “China ramps up surveillance, security threat with new satellite support from Antarctica”, in Fox News, archived from the original on 2023-02-15, China",
          "text": "The Chinese base, opened in 1989, was built for research relating to marine, glaciological, geological and atmospheric sciences. But, by 2021, under the guise of civilian research, China reportedly began employing advanced military capabilities, according to the Chinese military expert.\n\"In 2021, state media revealed that China had put a LIDAR — a laser radar — into the Zhongshan station to conduct ‘atmospheric research,'\" Fisher told Fox News Digital. \"Any kind of laser raises the possibility that the LIDAR could be upgraded to be a far more powerful laser.\"",
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