China Launches Arctic Shipping Route to Europe Amid Poland Border Closure

Chinese state media said the ‘China-Europe Arctic Express’ is ‘far more than just a new shipping route.’
China Launches Arctic Shipping Route to Europe Amid Poland Border Closure
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The Chinese communist regime launched an Arctic shipping route to Europe on Tuesday, state media reported on Sept. 22, renewing world attention to its “Polar Silk Road” ambitions.

The container line Sea Legend sent its first ship, the Istanbul Bridge, through the Arctic’s North Sea Route (NSR), from the Ningbo Zhoushan Port in eastern Zhejiang Province to the UK’s Port of Felixstowe, according to state-run Xinhua News Agency.

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