China has allowed representatives from Germany, Sweden, Finland and Denmark to board a Chinese bulk carrier at the centre of an investigation into Baltic Sea cable breaches, the Danish foreign minister said on Thursday.

Since his first term, President-elect Donald Trump has insisted that the United States should purchase Greenland - to the bewilderment of aides asked to investigate such a possibility, and despite repeated denials by top officials in Greenland and Denmark, of which the island is an autonomous territory, that it would ever be for sale at any price.

Sweden's foreign minister said Monday that China had denied a request for prosecutors to conduct an investigation on a Chinese ship linked to two severed Baltic Sea cables despite Beijing pledging "cooperation" with regional authorities.

China has provided information and documents to a joint investigation into two severed Baltic Sea undersea cables, and has invited Germany, Sweden,

Denmark seeks to forge closer ties with Southeast Asian nations in a bid to become less dependent on China, Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said.Most Read from BloombergBrace for a Nationwide Shuffle of Corporate HeadquartersHong Kong's Expat Party Hub Reshaped by Chinese InfluxAmerican Institute of Architects CEO ResignsCity Hall Is HiringCloud Computing Tax Threatens Chicago’s Silicon Valley Dream“Lessons learned from Covid-19,

"Here we go again," said Malte Humpert of the Arctic Institute. "This idea remains as ludicrous as it was in 2019."

Foreign entries into China reached 8.19 million in the third quarter of this year, an increase of 48.8 percent year-on-year, according to statistics from the National Immigration Administration. Among these, more than 4.8 million visits were made by travelers with visa exemptions, up 78.6 percent compared with the same period last year.

Swedish foreign minister says prosecutors were not allowed to conduct investigation on board Yi Peng 3. Read more at straitstimes.com.

President-elect Donald Trump's foreign policy rhetoric has recently shifted towards more aggressive stances, with controversial remarks about reclaiming the Panama Canal and acquiring Greenland.

When Donald Trump suggested a potential Greenland purchase in 2019, he presented it as “a large real estate deal” that could ease Denmark’s state finances. But this time, his main argument is that US