{"id":10908,"date":"2021-09-30T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/?p=10908"},"modified":"2021-10-11T11:26:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T15:26:29","slug":"what-are-chinas-true-intentions-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/2021\/09\/30\/what-are-chinas-true-intentions-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are China\u2019s True Intentions in Afghanistan?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Henrik Pettersson
\n<\/b>Staff Writer<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The amicable, yet cautious, relationship between the Taliban and the Chinese Communist Party has been unmistakable in the weeks leading up to and following the contentious U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. According to <\/span>Reuters<\/span><\/a>, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with the political chief of the Taliban, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, at the end of July. In this meeting, the two discussed Afghanistan\u2019s sovereignty and independence, in addition to security and stability concerns within the nation. According to <\/span>Deutsche Welle<\/span><\/a>, after the Taliban took over Kabul, the CCP promised to send around $30 million (200 million yuan) worth of vaccines and other humanitarian aid. This demonstrates the first economic assistance the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has received since the country\u2019s takeover by the Taliban. Not only does this represent an olive branch handed to the newly formed government, but it also displays China\u2019s true intentions in the country;\u2014that the state is invested in the financial future of Afghanistan.<\/span><\/p>\n

By being the first superpower to recognize the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, China placed\u00a0 itself in a strategic position to avoid conflict. Xi Jinping and his party can have focused diplomatic affairs on self preservation , mineral mining, and an expansion of\u00a0 their ever-growing sphere of influence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Afghanistan is located in central Asia and borders Pakistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and China. The geographical location of Afghanistan is crucial for China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative, also known as the One Belt One Road policy (OBOR). <\/span>The New York Times<\/span><\/a> writes that \u201cthe initiative\u2026looms on a scope and scale with little precedent in modern history, promising more than $1 trillion in infrastructure and spanning more than 60 countries.\u201d This initiative aims to unite\u00a0 rural and urban China by modernizing the region with transnational train lines and other infrastructure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On top of domestic change, China is developing infrastructure in neighboring nations; namely\u00a0 Afghanistan. <\/span>The Lowy Institute<\/span><\/a>, an Australian think-tank, writes, \u201con land, Beijing aims to connect the country\u2019s underdeveloped hinterland to Europe through Central Asia. The second leg of Xi\u2019s plan is to build a 21st century Maritime Silk Road connecting the fast-growing Southeast Asian region to China\u2019s southern provinces through ports and railways.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Unlike the United States, Britain, or the former\u00a0 Soviet Union, China does not want to reform or<\/span> \u201cdemocratize\u201d the Afghan state. The CCP knows and continues to analyze the legacy of nations that failed to invade the graveyard of empires. Countless invasions over the past centuries have been unsuccessful and attempts at \u201cdemocratization\u201d have only led to bloodshed and trillions of dollars wasted. Rather than repeat the mistakes of the West, Xi and his party want\u00a0 to stabilize the region and spur economic prosperity in Afghanistan. Regional stability would legitimize the Taliban-led government and, as CNBC writes, \u201c[and] give them access to international aid that Afghanistan desperately needs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Global aid coupled with a developing and<\/span> prosperous economy in Afghanistan would increase global recognition and foreign investments<\/span> that the nation needs to sustain itself. And for China\u2019s side, without the stability and cooperation<\/span> of the Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan, the OBOR project would be impractical .<\/span> A healthier Afghan economy would raise the standard of living and lift millions of Afghans out of poverty.<\/span> Perhaps over time, with such improvements, the appeal of extremist groups would diminish and<\/span> reduce terrorism in Afghanistan, fostering a safer place to live for the Afghan people.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to stability, China needs the minerals Afghanistan has to satiate the domestic and global demand for computer chips and batteries. According to <\/span>Al Jazeera<\/span><\/a>, \u201cAfghanistan is sitting on deposits estimated to be worth $1 trillion or more, including what may be the world\u2019s largest lithium reserves.\u201d While Afghanistan has smaller mines, they lack the engineering capacity to capitalize on their abundance of resources. On the other hand, China has the technological prowess to extract, export, and process these minerals. China will utilize its strategic alliance with Pakistan, entitled the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), to easily transport raw materials to China using the Maritime Silk Road.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although strategically planned so far, China is playing with fire. The CCP is over-leveraged across Asia and Africa, and there may be a powder keg waiting to ignite. Economic expansion is finite, and China knows they cannot subjugate OBOR nations to the same censors as mainland China. Once Afghanistan gets what they want, what is stopping them from cutting ties to the CCP? And then the rest of the countries? In addition, China\u2019s disregard for the rights of Uyghur Muslim and the Taliban\u2019s history of human rights abuses will continue to stifle future progress, deepening the rift between China\u2019s political and economic philosophy and the rest of the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The amicable, yet cautious, relationship between the Taliban and the Chinese Communist Party has been unmistakable in the weeks leading up to and following the contentious U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. According to Reuters, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with the political chief of the Taliban, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, at the end of July. 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