CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER WANG YI PICTURED WITH MULLAH ABDUL GHANI BARADAR OF THE TALIBAN in July. PHOTO: LI RAN/XINHUA VIA GETTY IMAGES
“By the time everything has been built, what will be left for you?”
China Town Kabul has been supplying Chinese goods in Afghanistan. Photo courtesy of China Town Kabul
“It’s so important for the leverage that China has to be able to say that they're ready to move in economically. That's the selling point to the Taliban.”
A Taliban fighters arrives for Friday Islamic prayers at the Pul-I-Khishti Mosque in Kabul on Aug. 20. Photo: MARCUS YAM / LOS ANGELES TIMES