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This paper analyses the current Arctic strategic and political scenario, highlighting the Chinese goals in the region. Firstly, the work presents the geographic and political context of the High North in the foreign affairs relations. Afterwards examines the two main aspects which attract the China's attention: natural resources exploration and opening new trade maritime routes. Later on stresses the main Chinese acts to become an important player in the Arctic relations, in its bilateral and multilateral actions. At last, presents the main guidelines of the Chinese Arctic Policy.

This work looks at the Brazilian submission to an extended continental shelf to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS). First, the paper presents the evolution of the Brazilian sea limits until nowadays. Afterwards it analyzes the legal concept of the continental shelf on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the role played by the CLCS in the delimitation of the outer limits of this maritime zone. Finally, it examines the implications of the "final and binding" recommendations of this international institution over the Brazilian interests in the extended continental shelf. Adapted from the source document.

O presente estudo analisa a submissão do Brasil a uma plataforma continental estendida formulada à Comissão de Limites da Plataforma Continental (CLPC). Primeiramente, o trabalho apresenta a evolução dos limites marítimos brasileiros ao longo de sua formação histórica até o momento atual. Posteriormente, examina o conceito jurídico de plataforma continental elaborado pela Convenção das Nações Unidas sobre o Direito do Mar (CNUDM) e a atuação da CLPC na fixação dos limites exteriores desse espaço do mar. Na parte final, destaca as implicações das recomendações "definitivas e obrigatórias" dessa instituição internacional sobre os interesses brasileiros na plataforma continental estendida.