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China wants to cooperate with Taliban to exploit lithium reserves in Afghanistan
Greek times ^ | GT

Posted on 04/18/2023 3:53:06 AM PDT by mikelets456

Afghanistan's Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, controlled by the radical Islamist Taliban organisation, announced that Chinese company Gochin expressed its interest in investing $10 billion in Afghanistan’s lithium deposits, reported The Khaama Press.

The Taliban arguably perceive Beijing as a potential source of economic investment following the US withdrawal.

The acting minister for Mine and Petroleum, Shahabuddin Delawar, met with the Chinese company representatives in Kabul and said that the investment would create 120,000 direct and a million indirect jobs in the country, reported Khaama Press.

(Excerpt) Read more at greekcitytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; ccp; china; lithium; saltonsea; taliban

1 posted on 04/18/2023 3:53:06 AM PDT by mikelets456
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that’s what happens when you shut down mining in your own country....blackmail...


2 posted on 04/18/2023 4:09:13 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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I bet the Big Guy regrets not being able to get a piece of that action...


3 posted on 04/18/2023 4:11:35 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Gun laws empower criminals. Guns empower the people.)
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Why do you think he’s not getting a piece of that business?


4 posted on 04/18/2023 4:13:25 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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China is waging Cold War II much more competently than we are. They are grabbing territory and resources and building up their war machine.

We're throwing away our industries, killing our energy independence, dressing our soldiers in lady clothes and inflicting pedofeelya and psychological damage on our youth, and being led around by the nose by a cabal of WEFtards.

5 posted on 04/18/2023 4:18:23 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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Why do you think he’s not getting a piece of that business?

That would depend on whether Xi feels he is of any use to the plan


6 posted on 04/18/2023 4:21:28 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Gun laws empower criminals. Guns empower the people.)
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To: COBOL2Java

I wouldn’t be sure that the Bidens, particularly Hunter are not getting a piece of the action. Just suspicious, I guess.


7 posted on 04/18/2023 5:02:57 AM PDT by Ex-Episcopalian
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It’s a sad day when the ruthless, communist Chinese are BETTER AT BUSINESS than we are.


8 posted on 04/18/2023 5:59:31 AM PDT by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!)
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If this goes ahead it will be as big a fiasco for the Chinese as it was for the Brits, The Russians, and the Yanks.


9 posted on 04/18/2023 7:22:56 AM PDT by Sicvee (Sicvee)
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