China and the Taliban—as Thick as Thieves

China and the Taliban—as Thick as Thieves
Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi pose for a photo during their meeting in Tianjin, China, on July 28, 2021. Li Ran/Xinhua via AP
Anders Corr
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China on Dec. 5 raised the idea of official recognition of the Taliban, which should be considered a terrorist group. Four days earlier, Beijing accepted the diplomatic credentials of the Afghan Taliban’s new “ambassador” to Beijing. That the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is the first to afford such recognition—despite two decades of purposeful Taliban slaughter of Afghan civilians—is par for the Party’s avaricious course.
Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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