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Reporting

China’s Arctic Ambition

October 7, 2020 | Shuang Li, Inge S. Rasmussen & Mary Kay Magistad | Global Reporting Centre

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China’s leaders see climate change as an opportunity in the Arctic, where a new shorter trade route is emerging as ice melts. With its Polar Silk Road, China is targeting access to rare earths, uranium, fish stocks, oil, gas—and the strategic benefits of having a presence in the Arctic. China’s initiative has revived U.S. interest in the region and stoked concerns over an ambitious rising power.

About the Authors

Shuang Li

Shuang Li, a native of Chengdu in China’s Sichuan province, worked for Reuters in Shanghai as a video journalist for almost a decade. Her reporting, producing and presenting focused on… Read More.


Inge S. Rasmussen

Inge S. Rasmussen is a Danish journalist based in Nuuk, Greenland. She is a reporter for Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten (e.g. AG), a Greenlandic weekly newspaper, covering culture, politics and criminal justice. Before… Read More.


Mary Kay Magistad

Mary Kay Magistad is creator and host of the “Whose Century Is It?” podcast, a Webby Award honoree, about ideas, trends and twists shaping the 21st century. An award-winning East… Read More.

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