He continued: “Certainly, the investment that would be injected into the economy will employ many people… and in the absence of other economic activities people may welcome it. “The Chinese have very carefully cultivated many political leaders to buy political support for the projects in Afghanistan at the same time, " the source said, adding that “the Chinese government can ill afford to see Afghanistan not webbed through the BRI.”
11, Chinese foreign ministry’s spokesperson Zhao Lijian confirmed last month that China was indeed having discussions with third parties, including Afghanistan, on the extension of CPEC. forces are leaving and “Ghani needs an ally with resources, clout and ability to provide military support to his government.”Īfter U.S President Joe Biden announced plans to fully withdraw American forces by Sept. He added that now, the engagement is growing “more intense,” as U.S. suspicious of president Ashraf Ghani government,” the source said. “There has been continuous engagement between the Afghan government and the Chinese for the past few years… that made the U.S.
But the U.S-backed Afghan government was hesitant to join BRI for fear it could raise eyebrows in Washington. Read all the Latest News, Breaking News and Coronavirus News here.In other words: The Afghan government, behind the scenes, is welcoming China immediately after saying goodbye to America.Ĭhina has been keen on extending its BRI to Afghanistan, and has been asking Kabul to join it for at least half a decade. While the US recently announced expanded efforts, China donated domestically made vaccines to desperate governments. In May, China delivered 100,000 donated doses of Sinopharm’s vaccine to Trinidad and Tobago.īeijing has not disclosed an overall figure for its vaccine donations, but Reuters calculations based on publicly available data show that at least 16.82 million doses had been delivered by early June.īoth the US and China have been working hard to establish their influence globally through vaccine donations and Covid-19 drugs to third-world countries that are facing shortage. “Little was given, but much was spoken on it,” Xinhua said. “We believe that every vaccine counts,” the embassy said.Ĭhinese state media outlets including the Global Times and China Daily took delight at the sarcastic comments generated by the embassy tweet. Typically, a vial contains five or six doses. On Monday, the US Embassy in Port of Spain said on Twitter that its donation to Trinidad and Tobago includes 80 vials of the Pfizer vaccine. USA Donates Vaccines to Trinidad and Tobago /5S0OTQfJU5 US President Joe Biden said last week that Washington will donate half a billion doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to the world’s poorest countries, on top of 80 million doses it has already pledged to donate by the end of June. embassy Twitter statement announcing the donation. “Would this be selected for the Worst Public Relations Award of the Year?” the official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday in an article on WeChat, which compiled more than 10 mocking tweets by other social media users under a U.S. Striking a blow for China’s so-called vaccine diplomacy, state media have mocked the United States for calling attention to its donation of 80 vials of COVID-19 vaccines to Trinidad and Tobago.
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