As US pulls out of Afghanistan, China sees opportunities -- and potential for chaos

If I was China I would look at Afghanistan with economic and military perspectives. I know China was trying to mine minerals out of Afghanistan, but I don't know how lucrative it was. What is Afghanistan's strategic importance to China?

In general if I was China I would support rebels that the US is fighting. We spend a lot of money fighting insurgents, a lot more than the insurgents spend.

Strategically speaking China has been a lot more proactive than the US. They are using the belt and road iniative to make economic inroads in many countries. They have purchased something like 40 long-term port leases in many countries. They lay claim to South China Sea and have taken over or made some islands in that sea. Our response was trying to trade Puerto Rico for Greenland. One saving grace is many Asian countries trust us more than they trust China. For example the Philippines refused access to land to China because her defense minister said he trusts the US more than China.

If I was China I would try to do what the Japanese did in WWII. Occupy various islands or countries in a large area. That will make it much more dangerous for our navy to enter the South China Sea. The stupid Australians sold a 99 lease of Port Darwin to China but I heard that they ripped up the contract.

LOL!! China has it's own problems with Muslims. But what gets me is how they are treated by Muslims compared to how we are treated by Muslims. Evidently that hatred for us stemming from Reagan and Bush SR. runs too deep.