In a recent post with this title, I cited a Global Times editorial that posited as a given a mainland Chinese war with Taiwan.
The People's Republic's military is now backing that position up with incursions into Taiwanese airspace. The "invasion war games" involved ten J-16 and four Su-30 fighter jets, an anti-submarine aircraft, and four bombers capable of carrying nuclear payloads.
The point of my title was that we now had evidence that America's enemies had been emboldened by the humiliating way US military involvement in Afghanistan came to an end.
There's now evidence of a link between the two situations. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has said that "China is our most important partner and represents . . . an extraordinary opportunity for us because it is ready to invest and rebuild our country." There's talk between the two nations about getting Afghanistan in on the Belt and Road Initiative and modernizing Afghanistan's cop[per mining industry.
By the way, the Taliban has routed the resistance led by Ahmand Massoud in the Panjshir valley, the last holdout after the previous government's collapse.
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