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Originally Posted by bronconick
China is there to mine rare metals and will make the Soviets look cute and cuddly.
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TBH, I'm surprised at their Afghanistan reach out. Still plenty of African countries with rich raw materials and less risk. My guess is Afghanistan is a tad too close to their borders and they want to stabilize as much as possible.
Bribes, threats, wolf-team assassinations etc., but nothing large scale like the Soviets. Not their style.