America invaded Afghanistan for human rights. China is working with the Afghan government because they want to build a pipeline to nowhere near their population centers and give more leverage to Xinjiang province. I am very smart.

  • HamManBad [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Even if they wanted to demonstrate a material foundation for china's involvement beyond the social stability of a volatile neighbor, they could have shown Afghanistan's mineral resources instead. This is just bonkers, they already have a pipeline through Pakistan to Iran and are in the process of building one though Tajikistan and Turkmenistan iirc.

    • emizeko [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      they already have a pipeline through Pakistan to Iran

      are you talking about the Gwadar-Kashgar pipeline? because that's still under construction

        • emizeko [they/them]
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          3 years ago

          I can't tell, they appear to have broken ground in 2017 but it looks like a huge project with a budget more than $10 billion and a lot of logistical challenges like -30 C temps requiring heating of the pipeline

          but I guess it's worth it to China not to rely on the Strait of Malacca

          • PlantsRstillCool [des/pair]
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            3 years ago

            Yeah iirc something like 90% of China's oil comes thru there. Getting that pipeline done will be a massive geopolitical victory for china