A cargo ship sailing from China’s vast Ningbo-Zhoushan port to Felixstowe in the United Kingdom might seem routine. But its chosen route signaled a quiet revolution in global trade and maritime security. Instead of following the 21,000-kilometer Suez Canal passage, the vessel traveled “over the top of the world” along Russia’s northern coast, escorted by […]The post Arctic route could undercut ASEAN’s trade role appeared first on Asia Times.