POLAR POLITICS: China’s Antarctic marine protected area has a Soviet name, with more Russian fingerprints emerging

Source: Daily Maverick · 2026-10-23T05:30:00.000Z · World

After a decade of blocking marine reserves with Moscow, Beijing seems to have unveiled its own - in a Soviet-named sea. A Daily Maverick investigation uncovers a second Russian connection: a Chinese bid to rewrite the Southern Ocean’s conservation rules, which mirrors changes pushed by Moscow.

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