[Epoch Times August 17, 2021](Epoch Times reporter Fang Xiao reported) Taliban fighters captured Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, on August 15, and the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan was evacuated urgently. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China has an ambiguous attitude towards the Taliban and has not recognized its regime. The outside world has also analyzed “whether the CCP can take over the mess in Afghanistan”. The Chinese Communist Party’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with the number two Taliban in Tianjin last month and was accused of vaccinating him.
On August 16, the topic of the Taliban’s occupation of the Afghan capital sparked heated discussion on mainland social media. The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China, Hua Chunying, stated at a regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that “the situation in Afghanistan has undergone major changes, and we respect the wishes and choices of the Afghan people.” He also emphasized that China expects these statements to be implemented to ensure the realization of the situation in Afghanistan. Smooth transition and so on.
The Hong Kong media “Ming Pao” analysis article on August 17 stated that the CCP’s Foreign Ministry stated on August 16 that it only stated that it “respects the independent choice of the Afghan people” and did not directly recognize the Atta regime.
The article believes that China still maintains a wait-and-see attitude towards the “new government” of Afghanistan. Because the CCP has clearly seen the protracted, complicated, and intense struggle in Afghanistan, it will not enter Afghanistan prematurely. Faced with the intricate situation, Beijing now has all the possibilities to remain in Afghanistan.
On July 28, two days after meeting with Deputy Secretary of the State Department Wendy Sherman, Wang Yi met with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, head of the Taliban Political Committee, at the same place in Tianjin.
The Chinese Communist Party’s official media quoted Wang Yi as saying that the Taliban is an important political and military force in Afghanistan, and it is hoped that it will “completely separate the boundaries” from terrorist organizations such as the “Eastern Iraq Movement” that advocates Xinjiang independence. The Taliban spokesperson announced after the meeting that they have promised China that they will never allow any forces to use the Afghan territory to do anything harmful to China.
The Hong Kong media article pointed out that some analysts in Beijing believe that the withdrawal of US troops and the fleeing of President Ashraf Ghani, who has American citizenship, does not rule out causing trouble to China’s Xinjiang and Russia’s Central Asia. Therefore, in addition to strengthening the deployment of the CCP in the narrow Wakhan Corridor (Wakhan Corridor) on the border with Afghanistan and tightly sealing the border, the meeting between Wang Yi and the number two Taliban was also a shot.
In the early morning of August 15th, Eastern Time, Taliban militants invaded Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. The original government and army collapsed. Afghan President Ghani and his core team were confirmed to have fled to Tajikistan. Embassies of various countries are stepping up their evacuation.
The Taliban control Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, and the Chinese media cheered, saying that the United States or the US military had failed in Afghanistan.
Current political commentator Shen Zhou’s article stated that while the CCP’s media propagated the failure of the United States, it was merely inciting “nationalism” again in an attempt to consolidate its crisis-ridden regime. However, the CCP’s senior leaders knew very well that the troubles of the United States have now become their own. Trouble.
Afghanistan is not the backyard of the United States, but the backyard of the CCP. In the past 20 years, the United States has worked hard to maintain order in Afghanistan, which is tantamount to helping the CCP in its backyard. Today, the CCP has to take care of its own backyard. Therefore, the Chinese Communist Party media laughed at the failure of the United States while complaining that the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan was “irresponsible”.
According to an article in Ming Pao, from what Wang Yi said when he met with the No. 2 Taliban on July 28, it can be seen that the CCP is very clear about the strength of the Taliban. However, the Taliban is not the Burmese military government, and the CCP cannot really control it. The previous cooperation was mainly to deal with the United States. Now that the United States has left, the basis of cooperation has also disappeared.
Shen Zhou’s article pointed out that Wang Yi also stated at the time that he hoped that the Taliban would “keep a clear line with all terrorist organizations such as the “Eastern Iraq Movement” and deal with them resolutely and effectively.” It shows that the CCP is well aware of the close relationship between the Taliban and the so-called “Eastern Iraqi Movement” organization.
After the U.S. troops withdrew, the CCP certainly hoped to control the Taliban to stabilize its backyard. The press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China on August 16 confirmed that the Chinese Embassy in Afghanistan is “still operating normally”, but most of the citizens in Afghanistan have already “returned to the country in advance”. It seems that the Chinese Communist Party is at least not at ease with the Taliban.
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