China Explores Arctic Ocean to Develop Its Resources -- RIA Novosti
MOSCOW, July 24 (RIA Novosti) - Chinese scientists are seeking the possibility for mineral resources extraction in the Arctic Ocean, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Geography at Lomonosov Moscow State University Sergei Dobrolyubov told RIA Novosti on Thursday.
“First and foremost, China is doing a research that serves China’s interests. They are building a new research icebreaker. They are exploring ice conditions in the eastern Arctic region in particular. It’s a matter of mineral resources: if they find a rich area of the sea floor and create a technology to develop it, they will do so,” Dobrolyubov said.
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My Comment: My comment from a previous post on this story still holds .....
.... This is not the first time that China has made such claims. I actually had such a conversation with my Chinese friends a few years ago .... they were trying to convince me that the Arctic belongs to the world, and those who have the means should exploit it (i.e. to look for oil and natural resources). That claim is (in my opinion) ridiculous and dubious .... but that is what they are preaching in Beijing.
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