The Snow Dragon: China’s Strategies in the Arctic

In recent years, several analyses and news media articles have predicted a resurgence of tensions in the Arctic over access to maritime space. Among the contenders involved in this potential struggle is China, whose ambitions in the region are suspected to hold a destabilising potential. Yet, as Bei...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:China Perspectives
Main Authors: Alexeeva, Olga, Lasserre, Frédéric
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Centre d'étude français sur la Chine contemporaine 2012
Subjects:
Arctic
China
geopolitics
natural resources
Sino-Russian partnership
strategy
scipo
hist
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/chinaperspectives/5958
Description
Summary:In recent years, several analyses and news media articles have predicted a resurgence of tensions in the Arctic over access to maritime space. Among the contenders involved in this potential struggle is China, whose ambitions in the region are suspected to hold a destabilising potential. Yet, as Beijing is developing its policy towards the region, it remains unclear whether it will contest the claims over maritime access of countries bordering the Arctic and forcibly take over parts of the region for resource extraction purposes.

Similar Items