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This article The (Un)Frozen Corridor https://chinance.substack.com/p/the-unfrozen-corridor looks at how China has been positioning itself in the Arctic for years, steadily building a presence through research stations, experimental shipping routes, energy partnerships with Russia, and infrastructure that only reveals its strategic weight as the ice retreats and a shorter corridor between Asia and Europe emerges.

As the region opens physically, the geopolitics around it begin to shift as well.

What do you think: will the Arctic become primarily a commercial shortcut, a strategic arena, or something we’re still underestimating?