Doing More with Less in Afghanistan  

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Davison, Sarah

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Far Eastern Economic Review vol. 172 no. 9 (Nov. 2009), page 57.
Topik: China; Afghanistan; Iran-Pakistan-India Gas Pipeline

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China, not India, is winning the new "Great Game" in Afghanistan. Though India will have donated well over $1 billion in aid by the end of next year to help destitute Afghanistan—the two share a common history of more than 500 years—it is China that is making the greatest political strides in the country and the region. Instead of providing aid, China is emphasizing trade and foreign-direct investment. In April, China made the largest FDI in the history of Afghanistan when state-owned China Metallurgical Construction Corporation paid $3.5 billion—more than double the expected amount—for the Aynak copper mine 30 miles south of Kabul in Taliban-controlled Logar province. "Just as China's is a story of diplomatic and political success, India's has been a chronicle of dismal failure," says M.K. Bhadrakumar, a former Indian diplomat. He added that China is winning because it has remained relentlessly focused on its goals. India, meanwhile, is distracted by its ongoing hostility with Pakistan, thereby preventing closer ties with Kabul that could work to Afghanistan's benefit.

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