Posted on 08/16/2021 11:01:33 AM PDT by EBH
China on Monday said it is ready to pursue "friendly and cooperative" relations with the Taliban after the insurgent group took control of Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul and brought about the fall of the country's government.
France24 reports China has sought to maintain unofficial ties with the Taliban as the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan. China and Afghanistan share 47 miles of border.
"The Taliban have repeatedly expressed their hope to develop good relations with China, and that they look forward to China's participation in the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan," China's foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said on Monday.
"We welcome this. China respects the right of the Afghan people to independently determine their own destiny and is willing to continue to develop... friendly and cooperative relations with Afghanistan," Hua added.
The foreign ministry spokesperson called on the insurgent military group to "ensure a smooth transition" of power and stick to its word of creating an "open and inclusive Islamic government."
Hua told reporters that China's embassy in Afghanistan remains operation, France24 reports. The embassy told Chinese citizens on Monday to "pay close attention to the security situation" and stay indoors.
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Look, if they help Afghanistan economically then so be it. That’s needed.
Ready to remove all that evil Gold etc etc etc
Evil minds think alike.
Could get interesting.
If the Taliban pisses off China.
I wonder if it might end up being something the Chinese were not necessarily prepared for.
China nothing but a rich rogue nation.
There is a Taliban faction of jihadis called East Turkmenistan Islamic Movement ETIM....they have grievance against China for the Uyghur situation.
The Talis can move them from Syria in large numbers to join the active one’s on the Chinese border and give China fits.
How long after the Taliban figure out “China Moves Uyghur Muslims Into ‘Forced Labor’ Factories” and slaughters some for organ transplants will the Chinese suffer the same fate as Russia and the US did in Afghanistan?
The Taliban will try to get Chinese assistance all the while both parties planning to doublecross the other.
I hope the Taliban takes ‘em up on it.
You can’t make this stuff up
Stories like this will get the NBA ready to schedule games in Kabul. Labron and Nike will be on board.
China has been doing this around the globe. Pouring billions of dollars in cash to build state of the art facilities in third-world countries to create defacto client states. They’ve found another place to do this and one that is an enemy of the US to boot.
Rare earths.
Rare earths.
Rare earths.
Rare earths.
That means biden will be friendly with them too.
I thought China puts Muslims in camps
The double-crossing that is going to go on will be epic, the stuff legends are made of.
A house divided cannot stand. Satan knows this, and won’t allow his own to fall. So although China puts Muslims in concentration camps, they seem to coexist like siblings.
Coincidence? No way.
and the chins think they’ve got trouble with the Uyghurs...
this might come back to bite them
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