Saturday, March 7, 2009

Is China Our New Ally Against the Taliban?

Taliban force a China switch
By Peter Lee

Because of its deep strategic and economic relationship with Pakistan, the inviolability of Chinese interests has been largely accepted by all the major political players inside Pakistan and its sphere of influence in western Afghanistan.

However, in a development that Beijing undoubtedly finds very disturbing, China is getting sucked into the security crisis in the Pashtun border areas of Pakistan.

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Read More at Asia Times

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