Finding “Win-Win” China’s Arctic Policy and what it means for Canada ...

• Main Author: Lajeunesse, Adam
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The School of Public Policy Publications 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Greenland; Northwest Passage; Lanes; Northwest passage; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/sppp.v11i0.43480; https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/sppp/article/view/43480

China is a “Near Arctic State” with national interests in Arctic resources, shipping lanes, and regional governance. That was the message delivered to the world in China’s new Arctic policy. The philosophy espoused in this White Paper is one of cooperation and mutual profit – what the Chinese have dubbed “win-win” polar partnerships. These partnerships have been expanding in recent years. Tens of billions of dollars in Chinese capital has flowed into oil and gas projects in Siberia and the Russian Arctic offshore, new shipping routes are being tested, and state-owned mining companies have acquired rich mineral deposits in Greenland and – to a lesser extent – Canada. These resources, and the sea lanes that connect them, have been labelled the “Polar Silk Road,” a maritime trade and shipping route supported by Chinese infrastructure spending running through the Northwest Passage and other circumpolar channels. China’s increasingly confident posture in the North represents real opportunities – and challenges – ... : The School of Public Policy Publications, Vol 11 (2018) ...