The US president had previously claimed the two countries would “take over” the Danish island unless Washington did it first
Beijing takes exception to US President Donald Trump’s attempts to use Russia and China as an excuse for his push into the Arctic, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning has said.
Trump claimed last week that the US must annex Greenland – an autonomous former Danish colony under Copenhagen’s sovereignty – to contain Russia and China, suggesting that the two countries would “take over” the island unless Washington did it first.
Beijing “does not support the US using China or Russia as pretexts for its own…
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