Here’s a puzzle. What is the connection between US President Donald Trump, a Chinese cargo ship called the Istanbul Bridge and the British port of Felixstowe? The answer is … Greenland.
The only prize for the correct answer is to understand why Mr Trump’s rhetoric may be, at times, unfortunate but his ambitions for a much bigger US interest in Greenland are urgent but also rational.
The authoritative Foreign Affairs magazine carries a fascinating article by an American China specialist Elizabeth Economy. She tells the story of the journey that the Chinese ship took to Britain in October last year by what, at first sight, seems a very odd route. Instead of travelling through the Suez Canal or by sailing around southern Africa, the ship reached Britain from China by a faster route through the Arc
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