China in the Arctic: interests, actions and challenges
This article gives an overview of China’s interest in and approach to the Arctic region. The following questions are raised: 1.Why is China getting involved in the Arctic, 2. How is China’s engagement in the Arctic playing out? 3, What are the most important issues that need to be solved in order fo...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:27faf06ff0354d1f87c036e3f7b84076 2023-05-15T14:30:49+02:00 China in the Arctic: interests, actions and challenges Njord Wegge 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3072 https://doaj.org/article/27faf06ff0354d1f87c036e3f7b84076 EN NO eng nor Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3072 https://doaj.org/toc/0809-1668 https://doaj.org/toc/1503-2086 doi:10.7557/13.3072 0809-1668 1503-2086 https://doaj.org/article/27faf06ff0354d1f87c036e3f7b84076 Nordlit: Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur, Iss 32 (2014) China Arctic interests international relations Norwegian literature PT8301-9155 article 2014 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3072 2022-12-31T02:05:45Z This article gives an overview of China’s interest in and approach to the Arctic region. The following questions are raised: 1.Why is China getting involved in the Arctic, 2. How is China’s engagement in the Arctic playing out? 3, What are the most important issues that need to be solved in order for China to increase its relevance and importance as a political actor and partner in the Arctic. In applying a rationalist approach when answering the research questions, I identify how China in the last few years increasingly has been accepted as a legitimate stakeholder in the Arctic, with important stakes and activities in areas such as shipping, resource utilization and environmental science. The article concludes with pointing out some issues that remain to be solved including Chinas role in issues of global politics, the role of observers in the Arctic Council as well as pointing out how China itself needs to decide important aspects of their future role in the region. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Council Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Nordlit 32 83 |
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This article gives an overview of China’s interest in and approach to the Arctic region. The following questions are raised: 1.Why is China getting involved in the Arctic, 2. How is China’s engagement in the Arctic playing out? 3, What are the most important issues that need to be solved in order for China to increase its relevance and importance as a political actor and partner in the Arctic. In applying a rationalist approach when answering the research questions, I identify how China in the last few years increasingly has been accepted as a legitimate stakeholder in the Arctic, with important stakes and activities in areas such as shipping, resource utilization and environmental science. The article concludes with pointing out some issues that remain to be solved including Chinas role in issues of global politics, the role of observers in the Arctic Council as well as pointing out how China itself needs to decide important aspects of their future role in the region. |
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