China is in the Arctic to Stay as a Great Power: How China’s Increasingly Confident, Proactive & Sophisticated Arctic Diplomacy Plays into Kingdom of Denmark Tensions

• Main Author: Nørup Sørensen, Camilla Tenna
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: /dk/atira/pure/core/keywords/arktis; Arctic; /dk/atira/pure/core/keywords/asien_stillehavsomr_det; Asia; /dk/atira/pure/core/keywords/dansk_forsvars_og_sikkerhedspolitik; Danish defence- and security policy; /dk/atira/pure/core/keywords/kina; China; Greenland; Nuuk; Arktis; Arktis*; greenlandic
• Online Access: https://pure.fak.dk/da/publications/china-is-in-the-arctic-to-stay-as-a-great-power-how-chinas-increasingly-confident-proactive--sophisticated-arctic-diplomacy-plays-into-kingdom-of-denmark-tensions(fbd2e91c-5fe7-488c-91fa-f3a36166da5b).html; https://pure.fak.dk/ws/files/8108781/Arctic_Yearbook_final.pdf; https://arcticyearbook.com/images/yearbook/2018/China-and-the-Arctic/3_AY2018_Sorensen.pdf

As demonstrated by China’s first and long-awaited Arctic Policy White Paper released in January 2018, the Arctic is assigned increasing strategic importance in Beijing. The central priority behind China’s intensified diplomatic and economic activities in the region is to establish strong and compreh...