BBCNEWS Dateline London August 23, 2021 02:45:00
China's very, very nervous about it. you know, china thinks afghanistan is a quagmire, and they look at history being afghanistan's neighbour for a long time. in the 19th century and the early 20th century, it was britain, and then 20th century it was soviet union. now, the 21st century, it's the united states. chinese state media are calling afghanistan the graveyard of empires. so you can see how china actually thinks of this issue. it's not necessarily america's loss and china's gain. that's interesting. afghanistan proved that the british empire as a concept, it could no longer project pow...