China's presence in the strategically important Arctic is growing as it strives to become a "polar great power," interweaving science, security and economy.

The conflict has led to the freezing of activities of the Arctic Council, a talking-shop involving the eight countries with Arctic territory, which China joined as an observer in 2013.

China is expected to redefine its Arctic policy - including an ambition to become a great polar power by 2030 - amid growing scrutiny from far northern countries and a possible US-Russia ...

Beijing is conducting research projects in the Arctic, and is investing in international natural gas production facilities ...

Non-Arctic states who are formal observers in the Council and who have been dependent upon the organization to enhance their own Arctic interests, including Asian governments China, India, Japan ...

At a meeting of the traditionally collegiate Arctic Council in 2019, Trump’s then secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, took swipes at the Arctic ambitions of China: “Beijing claims to be a near ...

China called itself a “near-Arctic” state in its 2018 Arctic Policy White Paper. In 2013, China, Japan, India, Italy, the Republic of Korea, and Singapore became Arctic Council Observers ...

The work of the Arctic Council froze. Its very future was put in doubt. This image provided by the U.S. Navy shows the USS Carney in the Mediterranean Sea on Oct. 23, 2018.

Sfraga also has ties to the Arctic Circle – an organization that some have raised concerns about giving China an outsized voice on Arctic issues. Unlike the Arctic Council, which only includes ...

To do so, the U.S. must monitor China’s economic and diplomatic activity in the region—especially in the Arctic Council, REF for which China has observer status—promote economic freedom in ...

The Pentagon has announced an updated strategy for the Arctic region amid "growing cooperation" between China and Russia.. The Arctic Strategy, released on Tuesday, calls for increased military ...

The fate of both China’s Polar Silk Road initiative and its “without limits” partnership with Russia tell perhaps the most important part of the tale.