Could Greenland become China's Arctic base?

[TomSea]

Could Greenland become China's Arctic base?

China is flexing its muscles. As the second richest economy in the world, its businessmen and politicians are involved just about everywhere in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Now, though, China is taking a big interest in a very different part of the world: the Arctic.

It has started calling itself a "near-Arctic" power, even though Beijing is almost 3,000km (1,800 miles) from the Arctic Circle. It has bought or commissioned several ice-breakers - including nuclear-powered ones - to carve out new routes for its goods through the Arctic ice.

Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/could-greenland-become-chinas-arctic-base/ar-BBR8Yc9

In its own way, Greenland is rather quaint. Surely, it would not fall into the control of China.





Handsome at night as well.

[Wingnut]

Iceland would be better.  Greenland sounds so peaceful. A fun Place.  Homey. A place to grow trees and stuff.   Iceland sounds so cold and uninviting.  No one would give a damn if the Chink empire made a base there.

[Cyber Liberty]

To get Greenland China just needs to pressure Denmark, right?

[Wingnut]

To get Greenland China just needs to pressure Denmark, right?

Demmark. Dem plant.  Hmmmm   A Russian plot.

[DB]

Second richest economy???

Really?

Not if you factor in their population. Their per capital GDP is about a quarter of the western world. That isn't "rich" by any normal standard....

[jmyrlefuller]

To get Greenland China just needs to pressure Denmark, right?

America has been trying to get Denmark to sell Greenland to us for decades—they haven't budged. It's not as easy as it may seem.

[Cyber Liberty]

America has been trying to get Denmark to sell Greenland to us for decades—they haven't budged. It's not as easy as it may seem.

Greenland is considered an independent country in the Danish Kingdom.  Denmark may have nothing to do with this.