History With Hilbert

Why Are China and the Taliban Becoming Closer? (2021x36)

Date de diffusion: Sept 06, 2021

Download the free Ground News app at https://ground.news/hilbert to compare more than 50,000 news sources. By threading multiple perspectives from thousands of publications through a neutral platform, Ground News frees people from algorithmic restraints, illuminates blindspots and makes media bias explicit. Following the fall of Kabul and with it the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Taliban have been consolidating their power over the country and reaching out to potential friendly nations. One of these is China, the superpower sharing a narrow border with Afghanistan along the Wakhan Corridor and having shared some relations with the Taliban government of the 1990s. Much of the Chinese interest in forging ties with the new rulers of Afghanistan come down to their suppression of Uyghur separatist movements and ensuring the Taliban don't host groups such as ETIM who could then launch attacks into China. In return they would pump money and know-how into Afghanistan, particularly by exploiting the rich mineral resources found in abundance under its mountainous terrain and which for decades have been unreachable due to the presence of the guerrilla Taliban. Caspian Report's Video on Afghanistan's Mineral Wealth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9pOQioOEGg Go Fund My Windmills (Patreon): https://www.patreon.com/HistorywithHilbert Join in the Banter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistorywHilbert Enter the Fray on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HistorywHilbert/ Indulge in some Instagram..?(the alliteration needs to stop): https://www.instagram.com/historywithhilbert/ 0:00 - Intro 1:10 - Chinese-Taliban Relations 5:12 - The Uyghur Situation 7:25 - A Tough Choice 9:32 - What the Taliban Get 12:14 - Outro Music Used: Opium - Kevin MacLeod Sunday Dub - Kevin MacLeod Spellbound - Kevin MacLeod Vadodora - Kevin MacLeod Send me an email if you'd be interested in doing a collaboration! historywithhilbert@gmail.com #Afghanistan #