New York: US President Donald Trump is now fulfilling several of his campaign promises, such as imposing broad tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico. The question now is whether he will carry out his other promises. How far would he go to purchase Greenland?
Mr. Trump uses China’s acquisition of this Danish autonomous territory as a rationale. Furthermore, his insistence—to the extent that a recent phone conversation with the Danish prime minister was called “horrendous has drawn criticism in Beijing, where officials and academics are attempting to interpret Mr. Trump’s intentions and the implications for China.
On his first day in office, he declared, “We need it for international security.” Both Chinese and Russian warships are scattered across the area. Beijing has genuine aspirations in the Arctic. A “near-Arctic state” is how China describes itself.
With a “Polar Silk Road” initiative to develop speedier trade routes and research projects that may have dual-use uses (for both civilian and military goals), the nation has been exploring regional alliances. However, for now, China’s real presence in Greenland is more symbolic than significant. Once attractive investments have sputtered because of political opposition and financial issues.
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