U.S. President Joe Biden announced Wednesday (14) the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and put the spotlight on China. Friday Ma’s Hong Kong “South China Morning Post” quoted the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Institute of International Studies international relations commissioner Sun Qi (pronounced: Sun Qi), said Beijing may consider sending troops to Afghanistan.
The report said that the withdrawal of U.S. troops could affect the stability of Afghanistan and the effectiveness of Xinjiang and China’s “anti-terrorism” policy. The report quoted Sun Qi as saying that China would not send troops to Afghanistan, but could send “peacekeeping troops” to the region in accordance with the UN charter to follow humanitarian aid workers to ensure the security and interests of Chinese and Chinese companies in the region.
Afghanistan shares a border with China in Xinjiang. The Afghan army was trained in China in 2018, and China has assisted Afghanistan in setting up a mountain brigade. Sun Qi said Afghanistan’s own armed forces are not enough to ensure security in Afghanistan, after making cross-border crime, drug trafficking and arms smuggling more serious. He also said the U.S. military forces originally stationed in Central Asia will be reorganized to the Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean area to restrain China.
Although Beijing has criticized foreign interference in its internal affairs, its current “national security priorities” include “security of overseas interests,” which means “facing conflicts and political instability, international terrorism, and the need to improve overseas security. …… must improve its overseas security capabilities.”
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