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Afghanistan
Has China trapped Afghanistan in its sinister debt trap diplomacy?
2023-06-08
[ANInews] After leaving a number of smaller countries 'high and dry', China, the current villain in global politics, has now set its sights on Afghanistan, a war-torn South Asian country that has been facing increasing global marginalisation owing to its appalling human rights
...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions...
track record.

A prolonged stressed financial system has already resulted in widespread unemployment, economic deprivation, and high inflation in Afghanistan. China has latched on to the opportunity to gain a foothold in the devastated country. From oil extraction to lithium deposits, China is eyeing Afghanistan's both untapped and underexplored reserves and facilities. The Taliban
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  For China an hour-long fast
Passed quickly. Now, appetite vast...
"It looks like Tibet
Has been pretty well et."
"But you Chinese, so eager
To sit down with Uighur,
Committed to eating us last!"

To Serve Taliban Allah [belch]
Posted by: Sheba Gurly-Brown3866   2023-06-08 17:56  

#3  Afghanistan is onboard with suppression of religious minorities.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-06-08 16:14  

#2  So many people complained about China abusing western China's Muslim groups, so they decided to diversify their abuse. Plenty to go around.
Posted by: ed in texas   2023-06-08 15:26  

#1   China is eyeing Afghanistan's both untapped and underexplored reserves and facilities.

There just might be a reason they remain 'untapped and underexplored'; all yours, Xi!
Posted by: Raj   2023-06-08 01:55  

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