Beijing said on Thursday that the idea China poses a threat to Greenland was “completely unfounded,” responding to reports that NATO and US President Donald Trump had discussed keeping China and Russia from gaining a foothold on the Arctic territory. “The so-called ‘China threat’ is completely unfounded, and China opposes the practice of using China as a pretext for pursuing selfish interests,” foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun told a regular press briefing. At an event in Davos on Thursday, NATO chief Mark Rutte said he and Trump had previously discussed how NATO nations could “collectively make sure that the Arctic stays safe [and] that the Russians and the Chinese stay out.”
