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(1) Bill Gertz, Chinese satellite test. Washington Times, Sept. 2, 2010.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/sep/1/inside-the-ring-418710963/
("'Our analysts determined there are two Chinese satellites in close proximity of each other,' a [US] defense official told Inside the Ring")

(2) 中国在巴基斯坦北部边界引关注. VOA Chinese, Sept. 2, 2010.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20100902-Gilgit-Baltistan-Triangular-102060258.html

Note: The report cites

Selig S. Harrison, China's Discreet Hold on Pakistan's Northern Borderlands. International Herald Tribune (IHT), Aug. 27, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/27/opinion/27iht-edharrison.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=selig%20pakistan%20china&st=cse

IHT is a Paris-based subsidiary of New York Times Company.

(3) Phred Dvorak, Canada Burnishes Its Position as Arctic Power; As Northern Passageways Become Navigable and Mineral Wealth Beckons, Leaders Boost Claims With Expeditions, Sorties. Wall Street Journal, Aug. 31, 2010.
("The U.S. and other countries hold the passage is an international strait, meaning that even though Canada owns it, everyone should be free to go through. Canada calls it internal waters and argues that transiting ships and submarines must ask its permission to pass and obey its laws.")

My comment:
(a) Below this one in print, there was another report titled Failed Search Deepens Mystery of Vanished Explorers (shown up in the left column of the URL above). There is no need to read that one, which is about history.
(b) I highlighted the portion of the report that is relevant to the ongoing debates about South China Sea. China, on the other hand, has not come out to explicitly called it China's territorial waters; rather, it (China) has said since last April that South China Sea is "core interest" or "sovereignty indisputable."

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Regarding the original posting:
(3) Phred Dvorak, Canada Burnishes Its Position as Arctic Power; As Northern Passageways Become Navigable and Mineral Wealth Beckons, Leaders Boost Claims With Expeditions, Sorties. Wall Street Journal, Aug. 31, 2010.


北冰洋航道渐热 中国从中受益. BBC Chinese, Sept. 3, 2010.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2010/09/100903_china_arctic_shipping.shtml

Note:
(a) For 东北航道, see
Northern Sea Route
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Sea_Route
(The Northern Sea Route is translated from Russian; along the Russian Arctic coast; Before the beginning of the 20th century it was known as the North East Passage, and is still sometimes referred to by that name.)

Northwest and Northeast passages are from Europeans' viewpoint.
(b) 摩尔曼斯克港 Murmansk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murmansk
(derives from the Old Russian word for Norwegians, "Murmane", cognate to the English "Normans")

* Normans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normans
(The Normans were the people who gave their name to Normandy, a region in northern France. They were descended from Viking conquerors of the territory and [ii] the native population of mostly Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock. The name "Normans" derives from Nortmanni (Northmen), after the Vikings who founded Normandy.)

(c) The BBC Chinese report closely follows AFP. Here is a report from Reuters.

Walter Gibbs, Cargo ship embarks on historic Arctic passage. Reuters, Sept. 4, 2010.
http://af.reuters.com/article/metalsNews/idAFLDE68308Q20100904

【 在 choi 的大作中提到: 】
: (1) Bill Gertz, Chinese satellite test. Washington Times, Sept. 2, 2010.
: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/sep/1/inside-the-ring-418710963/
: ("'Our analysts determined there are two Chinese satellites in close proximity of each other,' a [US] defense official told Inside the Ring")
: (以下引言省略...)

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