A Chinese Airport In Greenland?

This white golf ball-like structure houses one of several radars that scan the skies for foreign military rockets and missiles at Thule Air Base, Greenland. (JoAnne Castagna/U.S. Army)

Aaron Mehta, Defense News: How a potential Chinese-built airport in Greenland could be risky for a vital US Air Force base

WASHINGTON — With less than 60,000 people spread across more than 830,000 square miles, Greenland relies heavily on air transport to move supplies and people up and down its coast.

So when the local government issued a solicitation to build three new airports, the move made sense from a business perspective. The project would be expensive, but would improve commerce and make life on the island easier for its residents.

Then a Chinese company — owned by the government in Beijing, and once blacklisted by the World Bank — put forth a bid, and a simple request for proposals transformed into a project with international diplomatic ramifications.

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WNU Editor: The Chinese are looking and planning for the long term. There may be objections now, but I am willing to bet that 10 years from now there will be none.