China is saying thank you Santa Biden. Santa Biden just gave China a very nice gift that they can check off their wish list. Now China will have the dominate relationship with Afghanistan with all of it valuable mineral resources. It will also give China a land bridge with Iran and from there directly into the Mideast and Europe.
China has a 56-mile border Afghanistan. China’s interests in Afghanistan goes deep. A stable Taliban friendly government in Afghanistan is a potentially important boost in China’s move to expand its economic and political clout amid what Mr. Xi has called the “decline” of the United States and other Western democracies.
China has been financing infrastructure projects in developing countries in return for access to natural resources. China may now trade support a Taliban controlled Afghan government for interest in the developing oil deposits and valuable rare-earth minerals there. The globe appetite for rare-earth minerals is growing rapidly. Rare-earth minerals are used in a variety of industrial applications, including electronics, clean energy, aerospace, automotive and defense. China accounts for over 65 percent of global production of rare-earth production and Afghanistan will only add to its inventory and monopoly. China is set to tighten its hammerlock on the global market.