China is as much a “near Arctic state” as Somolia. The only nations with a stake in the Arctic are: Canada, USA, Russia, Iceland, Denmark, UK, Norway, Finland, Sweden. Excluding Russia, notice anything about this list?
2 posted on 07/19/2012 7:36:40 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian
(Obamanomics-We don't need your stinking tar sands oil, we'll just grow algae.)