The Chinese regime said the United States can’t simply walk away from the Afghanistan chaos, in its latest salvo directed at Washington amid an aggressive propaganda campaign leveraging the crisis. Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Aug. 23 cast the United States as the “chief root cause and biggest factor” for the unfolding instability in Afghanistan, saying that the United States “should not simply take to its heels” but should instead provide reconstruction and humanitarian aid. After the Taliban’s rapid takeover of the country, blindsiding Washington, which was due to withdraw its troops by month’s end, Beijing has been quick to capitalize on the crisis to tarnish U.S. leadership on the world stage. The Chinese regime also sees an opportunity to fill in the void left by the United States in an area that Beijing considers its own backyard—Afghanistan shares a 47-mile border with China’s Xinjiang. But the regime …
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