China’s strategy in the Arctic : threatening or opportunistic?

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Huang, Linyan, Alexeeva, Olga V., Lasserre, Frédéric
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2016
• Subjects: Arctique > Aspect stratégique; Chine > Expansion territoriale; Arctique > Statut international; Eaux territoriales; Chines > Relations extérieures; Chine > Recherche > Arctique; Réchauffement de la Terre; Arctic; Est Passage; Arctique*; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/876; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247415000765

In a context of rapid climatic change in the Arctic, the fast melting of permafrost, the decline of glaciers and the melting of sea ice created perceived strategic and economic opportunities for the littoral states. The attention of states beyond the region was also attracted. For example China, wit...