How the Arctic fits into China’s ambitious transport infrastructure plans
Seen from an Arctic perspective, one of the ironies of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, a $5 trillion investment plan to create transport links on the Eurasian continent, is that it has facilitated the two longest train trips ever made. This at a time when everyone is talking about using Arctic sea routes as a way to shorten the distance between China and Europe.
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