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China has no intention of competing with other nations for influence, says foreign ministry

ReutersJan 21, 2026 7:55 AM

- China has no intention of competing with any other country for influence, its foreign ministry said on Wednesday, as a U.S. push to take control of Greenland threatens to reshape the power dynamics behind a decades-old transatlantic security alliance.

China has always maintained that, no matter how the international situation evolves, upholding the international system with the United Nations at its core serves the interests of the international community, said Guo Jiakun, spokesperson at the Chinese foreign ministry, when asked at a regular news briefing if Beijing welcomed the "chaos" in Greenland.

U.S. President Donald Trump's ambition to wrest sovereignty over Greenland from Denmark has rattled NATO members in Europe and prompted a rethink in Europe of its traditional dependence for security on the United States.

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