[flamefront]

The Chinese have a huge interest in sources of oil. I think they will keep relations with Moslems.

Also it is being reported that the Chinese have installed a military communications system for the Taleban, not just a phone system.

[GuillermoX]

Don't the Chinese have their own problems with the Mohammedans within their own country?

[betty boop]

The Chinese have a huge interest in sources of oil. I think they will keep relations with Moslems.

Hi flamefront! Sure they will; until they are in such position as to move West, and seize the Arabian oil fields for themselves? The open question is (for me at least): How "BIG" a hegemon does China wish to be at the end of the day? I think these folks are really "long-term thinkers." Heaven knows, their cultural memory goes back centuries, even millennia.... And they are very patient. Cheery thoughts, no? best, bb.