SHANGHAI: China announced plans to help ships flying its flag to navigate the Arctic via a Northwest Passage route that will be 30% shorter than the ocean passages or routes traditionally used to connect the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Panama Canal.
Global warming has made the northwest route more navigable, as well as cut travel times between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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