What is shown by China “Bonhomie” in the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan for India? Many speculative analyzes have appeared in recent times and many more will follow. So far, disappointing, routine and non-imaginative interpretations are usually offered, that is, now is the time of India must remove its non-alignment policy; In addition to the Taliban take over, the friendly Taliban, pro-Beijing is not only a decline of foreign policy but is also a blow to Indian national security issues; This means India is pushed into deeper conflict with Beijing and Islamabad, and so on.

Let’s look at the situation from another perspective. Why is there a broad consensus among Chinese scholars that India “ambitious” must be given “insignificant” in Afghanistan full of uncertainty? Why did analysts in Beijing insist that Afghanistan was just a small part of India’s strategy?

After the withdrawal of chaotic American troops from Afghanistan, there has been a “tsunami” editorial, op-ed pieces and comments on Chinese and online offline media. Within a few hours from the United States (US) completing the withdrawal of troops, an article titled (in Chinese) “India suffered severe strategic blows in Afghanistan that changed” uploaded on popular digital news platform websites, guancha.cn. What attracts Drew 200,000 visitors – extraordinarily high amounts on Indian-themed comments. This article is based on Indian analysis by former General Lieutenant on digital news and current affairs platforms, titled “India supports the wrong horse in Afghanistan, and has entered the strategic river now.”

Although articles in Chinese emphasized claims by Indian analysis that “India’s actions in Afghanistan stemmed more than resentment for the radical Taliban victory and mentor Pakistan, and less due to lack of strategic choices. However, guancha.cn took Indian articles on a completely different reason – The reason may be an Indian strategic business or the Chinese observer community has not yet noticed.

First, although it was true that after the US initiated peace talks with the Taliban in Doha in 2018, all major countries involved in Afghanistan unless India has involved the Taliban to protect their respective interests. In addition, as soon as Washington revealed that President Trump was pondering the possibility of withdrawal of full troops from Afghanistan, Beijing directly in action and began to conduct consultations with Islamabad in the future Afghanistan strategy. Editorial Sputniknews.cn (in Chinese) then commented:

Following reports in US media planning [Trump] who plans to empty half of 14,000 forces in Afghanistan, US plans to attract troops have emerged as the main agenda. China and Pakistan. “Second, in December 2018, when asked about a hasty meeting between the foreign ministers from China and Pakistan in the Chinese capital, a Chinese spokesman was rejected on the direction of the Foreign Interest Press that the two ministers met to discuss the issue of US withdrawal from Afghanistan.

At that time, Nikkei Asia Japan also reported that China was undergoing the Taliban since 2018 about the possibility of projects in Afghanistan. “There is a verbal agreement between Beijing and Taliban about investment. Once the Taliban government gets global recognition, China will begin to build infrastructure projects in Afghanistan who torn war,” said the Japanese news agency. Third, it is also important to record what the main components in China’s strategy to protect their investments in the AF-sir border area and in the China-Pakistani (CPEC) economic corridor under the belt and road initiative? Two factors. First, to keep India out of Afghanistan; second,