The Daily Populous Wednesday January 7th, 2026 evening edition
Authored by ukrinform.net and submitted by Crossstoney

The United States must stop using the “Chinese threat” as a pretext for pursuing its own selfish interests, in particular, establishing control over Greenland.

This was stated by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian during a briefing, according to a Ukrinform correspondent.

"We urge the US side to stop using the so-called Chinese threat as a tool for its own benefit," Lin said, commenting on recent statements by US President Donald Trump about the need to acquire Greenland, which he justified by saying that the island is surrounded by Chinese ships.

The day before, Trump said that Greenland was needed by the United States for national security reasons, not because of the island's natural resources. Arguing for the need to strengthen security, he noted that Russian and Chinese ships were present everywhere along the coast of Greenland.

Read also: Denmark responds to Greenland map in US flag colors

As reported by Ukrinform, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called on the US President to stop threatening to seize Greenland.

Standard-Ad-1122 on January 7th, 2026 at 03:52 UTC »

China asking the US not to invade one of its own allies is WILD.

Axmartina on January 7th, 2026 at 02:10 UTC »

For the people that aren't aware of the context

> Lin said, commenting on recent statements by US President Donald Trump about the need to acquire Greenland, which he justified by saying that the island is surrounded by Chinese ships.

-metaphased- on January 7th, 2026 at 02:03 UTC »

I don't think China want this to happen. If it does, they will do whatever they can to take advantage, but they know this will be ugly for everyone.