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.
Analysts said that the route has more strategic significance for the regime’s geopolitical expansion in the Arctic than commercial shipping.
The launch of the “China-Europe Arctic Express” comes amid the temporary closure of the Poland-Belarus land border from Sept. 12 to 25, which disrupted the China-Europe Railway Express—a key logistics channel between China and the European Union—and suspended most rail freight….
China Launches Arctic Shipping Route to Europe Amid Poland Border Closure
