The Real Reason Behind China’s $10 Billion Offer To Taliban For Lithium

Abhishek Darbey, a research associate with the Chinese Research Program at the New Delhi-based Center for China Analysis and Strategy (CCAS), believes that the real reason behind China's $10 billion offer to the Taliban for lithium is that the Chinese regime wants to control the region.

A Chinese company has offered the Taliban $10 billion and a proposal to build key strategic infrastructure connecting north-south Afghanistan in exchange for access to the country’s lithium reserves. Some exp...

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