China expands Belt and Road to the Arctic

Beijing warms diplomacy with region's states amid trade, environmental issues

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One of Canada's many Arctic islands: China sees opportunities with the receding of ice in the Arctic Ocean.

KEN MORIYASU, Nikkei deputy editor

TOKYO -- China's Belt and Road Initiative partly echoes the famed Ming dynasty navigator Zheng He's seven voyages to the western seas.

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