Is China Freeloading Off The U.S. Military's Work In Afghanistan And Iraq?
By Richard Weitz, The Diplomat
By Richard Weitz, The Diplomat
Chinas limited support for the US-led counterinsurgency campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq, despite the growing Chinese economic stake in these countries, has provoked some irritation among US observers over Chinas free riding on the back of dead European, American, and Afghan or Iraqi soldiers. S. Frederick Starr, chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, caught the mood well when he said some might see it as, We do the heavy lifting And they pick the fruit.
Is China Freeloading Off The U.S. Military's Work In Afghanistan And Iraq?