China and Arctic Science

• Main Authors: Śmieszek, Małgorzata (Gosia), Koivurova, Timo, Nielsson, Egill
• Other Authors: Kopra, Sanna
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Brill Nijhoff 2020
• Subjects: /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/5/17/2; International political science; /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/5/13; Law; Arctic
• Online Access: https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/e084d6af-7063-43d4-95b3-41eaeb29501a; https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004408425_005; https://lacris.ulapland.fi/ws/files/6254346/Chapter_4.pdf

Scientific presence and capacities are the foundation of China’s polar engagement and according to China’s White Paper on the Arctic, exploring and understanding the Arctic “serves as the priority and focus for China in its Arctic activities” (prc State Council, 2018). With that and China’s rise in terms of its global and polar science position in mind, the aim of this chapter is to cast light on the history, development and current state of China’s research engagement in the Arctic.