The United States is shifting its focus from the Atlantic across to the
Pacific. However, if an Arctic century is on the horizon, then China is
at the forefront of it. While Washington enhances its relationships
across the Asia-Pacific basin, Beijing is busy engaging Arctic Ocean
coastal states en masse. The Middle Kingdom is apparently interested in
the commercial viability of new shipping lanes and developing the
resources that lie underneath and along the Arctic seabed. Ostensibly to
achieve its objectives, China is engaging the region at an
unprecedented pace. Beijing’s comprehensive engagement of Arctic states
demonstrates that China’s ambition isn't just to be a Pacific power, but
a global one. Questions that remain are: what is Beijing’s intention in
the Arctic, and by extension what type of global power will China be?
China has been in the Arctic since the early 1990s, but only recently
began seeking to enhance its ...
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