【英文】巴塞罗那国际事务研究中心报告：中国在北极治理的叙事分析（20页）

Evaluating the discourse using the above-listed concepts  shows notable shifts and robust results since 2018. On broad  trends, Chinese discourse has shifted in the last few years to  focus less on scientific endeavours under the guise of “common  heritage” and towards the need for a new governance framework – an internationalist approach that poses challenges for the  Arctic Council. Further, China’s focus on commercialisation  and Polar Silk Road investments has decreased since the  production of China’s Arctic White Paper and the discourse  has shown a greater focus on strengthening bilateral ties  with Arctic countries like Norway, Iceland and Greenland.  

Scientific endeavours continue to serve as the basis for  China’s interest in the Arctic, but increasing discourse on  digital connectivity and surveillance (for the purposes of  scientific endeavours) has resulted in increasing scholarship  on the possible threat of dual-use facilities in the region. 5.1 Notable themes in Chinese Arctic discourse Sustainable development & the Polar Silk Road (冰上丝绸之路 Bīng shàng sīchóu zhī lù)  China continually cites the goal of “sustainable development”  and “win-win cooperation” in the Arctic, initially through  the Belt and Road Initiative and the Polar Silk Road, but  increasingly through bilateral investments and diplomacy,  private investments, and digital connectivity. China “focuses  on forward-looking investment in Arctic waterway and  energy cooperation and development, so as to contribute to  infrastructure construction and digital construction in the  Arctic region” (Guan, 2018).