Look up mackinder world island theory. Basically country that controls the Eurasian land mass will control the world. There are competing theories which factor in as well.
One theory why US is always messing with shit over there is to prevent the integration of the world island.
China is trying to integrate the world island with belt and road and of course be the hegemon of that area.
China said Monday that Beijing is ready to deepen “friendly and cooperative” relations with Afghanistan a day after the Taliban toppled the Afghan government.
China will also be keeping its embassy open in Kabul, Hua said.
China, which shares a rugged 47-mile border with Afghanistan, has sought to maintain unofficial ties with the Taliban throughout the withdrawal of US forces from the country.
Beijing has long feared Afghanistan could become a staging point for minority Uyghur separatists in the border region of Xinjiang, but a top-level Taliban delegation last month met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Tianjin and promised that Afghanistan would not be used as a base for militants.
This whole Afghanistan catastrophe was probably done on purpose by the CCP, using its slave, Joe Biden. I won't be surprised to see our military equipment in Chinese hands and being reverse-engineered.
He who owns the roads, collects the toll.
From book written by Davy Crockett (1834)
“That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can.”
Unique in that he wrote every words himself: https://gutenberg.org/files/37925/37925-h/37925-h.htm
Lithium in Afghanistan = goldmine for China. And I’m sure a nice kickback for the “big guy”.
Look up mackinder world island theory. Basically country that controls the Eurasian land mass will control the world. There are competing theories which factor in as well.
One theory why US is always messing with shit over there is to prevent the integration of the world island. China is trying to integrate the world island with belt and road and of course be the hegemon of that area.
Think money and us defense technology.
China said Monday that Beijing is ready to deepen “friendly and cooperative” relations with Afghanistan a day after the Taliban toppled the Afghan government.
China will also be keeping its embassy open in Kabul, Hua said.
China, which shares a rugged 47-mile border with Afghanistan, has sought to maintain unofficial ties with the Taliban throughout the withdrawal of US forces from the country.
Beijing has long feared Afghanistan could become a staging point for minority Uyghur separatists in the border region of Xinjiang, but a top-level Taliban delegation last month met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Tianjin and promised that Afghanistan would not be used as a base for militants.
In exchange, China offered economic support and investment for the country’s reconstruction. https://nypost.com/2021/08/16/china-ready-to-deepen-relationship-with-afghanistan/
This whole Afghanistan catastrophe was probably done on purpose by the CCP, using its slave, Joe Biden. I won't be surprised to see our military equipment in Chinese hands and being reverse-engineered.