CGTN: What is China’s red line with the Taliban?

[xizhimen]

CGTN: What is China’s red line with the Taliban?

 

[Gary]

What if Taliban refused? Would China put troops on the ground?

 

[xizhimen]

What if Taliban refused? Would China put troops on the ground?

No, China is never afraid of terrorists, we can be more cruel than them if needed. Besides, Taliban needs China more than we need them,they will toe the line.

 

[Gary]

No, China is never afraid of terrorists, we can be more cruel than them if needed. Besides, Taliban needs China more than we need them,they will toe the line.

That's not what I asked

 

[xizhimen]

China is Our Most Important Partner, Pass To Markets All Over World Says Taliban

SEPTEMBER 03, 2021, 17:34 IST

Describing China as its “most important partner", the Afghan Taliban has said it looks to Beijing to rebuild Afghanistan and exploit its rich copper deposits as the war-ravaged country faces widespread hunger and fears of an economic collapse. Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said the group supports China’s One Belt, One Road initiative that seeks to link China with Africa, Asia and Europe through an enormous network of ports, railways, roads and industrial parks.

“China is our most important partner and represents a fundamental and extraordinary opportunity for us because it is ready to invest and rebuild our country," Geo News quoted Mujahid as saying in an interview to an Italian newspaper on Thursday.


There are “rich copper mines in the country, which, thanks to the Chinese, can be put back into operation and modernised. In addition, China is our pass to markets all over the world," said Mujahid.

China is Our Most Important Partner, Pass To Markets All Over World Says Taliban - News18

The Taliban also view Russia as an important partner in the region and will maintain good relations with Moscow, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said.

www.news18.com

 

[rainmaker]

Looks like the Taliban have fallen in line. Looks like China is the winner of the War on Terror.

 

[Gary]

Speaking to the nationalistic news site Guancha.cn, Liu Zongyi, secretary-general of the Research Center for China-South Asia Cooperation at the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, offered a more nuanced and less victorious assessment, touching on Afghanistan’s devastated economy and rampant drug production, and the factional nature of the Taliban, which makes relations with the group difficult to predict. Crucially, Liu said, it’s too early to tell if the Taliban’s ideology and hard-line approach to governing have really changed. He warned that if they haven’t, the Taliban might assist terrorist groups such as ETIM. The Taliban’s insistence that it has turned a new page “may only be a strategic approach,” he said, “and the Islamic fundamentalism they pursued may not have changed much.”

China’s ‘Very Tricky Situation’

Beijing’s gloating over America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan masks a deeper anxiety.

www.theatlantic.com