CSIS writes:
"China is expanding its Antarctic presence with new research stations that will support China’s polar scientific research satellites but can also be used for intelligence collection, write CSIS experts in the latest issue of Hidden Reach."
Watched docu on this today
-China wheezled its way into arctic council w/ observer status 2013 (US hoping for softer voice in UN)
-uses science as means of..
-desparate for alt trade routes w/ military shadow
-possible weak link -not counting pu(ppe)tin - Greenland's independence