Riding the Dragon in the Scramble for Independence : Chinese-Greenlandic Cooperation on Large-Scale Projects

The article examines the Chinese engagement in the Arctic, with specific focus on large-scale mineral and infrastructure projects in Greenland. Providing an important financial basis for potential Greenlandic independence, these projects also have significant environmental, geostrategic, and politic...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Soendergaard, Niels, Thives, Victor
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2023
País:Brasil
Recursos:Instituto Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais (IBRI)
Repositório:Meridiano 47
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/38123
Acesso em linha:https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/MED/article/view/38123
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:China
Groenlândia
Ártico
Independência
Geopolítica
Investimento chinês
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Resumo:The article examines the Chinese engagement in the Arctic, with specific focus on large-scale mineral and infrastructure projects in Greenland. Providing an important financial basis for potential Greenlandic independence, these projects also have significant environmental, geostrategic, and political reverberations. This leaves a complex geopolitical context in which Greenland will have to navigate interactions with China cautiously on its path to self-determination.