A lead editorial in China’s semi-official Global Times yesterday concurred with Foreign Minister Wang Yi that China should help stabilize the situation in Afghanistan and limit American losses, but not if the United States continues its hostile drive to contain China and sabotage its development.
“The way the Biden administration carried out this plan [in Afghanistan] is a total disaster that has tragically ruined the U.S.’s image and reputation… This is bitterly disappointing. It makes people believe that today’s world is facing a fundamental misfortune: The strongest country in the world is good at destruction, but not interested in reconstruction.”
The editorial continued: “The U.S. is exhausted in Afghanistan…. Washington does need other major powers, such as China and Russia, to help it `clean up’ the mess in Afghanistan it left behind, and make its leaving less ugly.… In his conversation with Blinken, Wang Yi opposed the U.S. move that it engages in deliberate all-around suppression of China to harm China’s interests but asks China to cooperate with it. It is very necessary at this moment to directly point out that the U.S. is a strategic rogue.