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China’s Arctic plans represent a new way of looking at world

ANALYSIS: A new book explores China's geopolitical ambitions in the Arctic.

By Dermot Cole June 30, 2018
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In 2014, China released a new map, interpreted the world over as an attempt to redefine geopolitics and claim more of the South China Sea as its territory.

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