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China sent a ship to the Arctic for science. Then state media announced a new trade route.

By Adam Taylor, The Washington Post September 13, 2017

China’s state news agency Xinhua reported last week that a Chinese ship had conducted a successful test of a trading route along the long-fabled Arctic Northwest Passage.

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