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For weeks, China has triumphantly portrayed the US withdrawal from Afghanistan as a boon to Beijing and catastrophic for Washington. State media has depicted the frenzied US departure as the end of an era of Western domination that has impeded Chinau2019s rise. It has also portrayed Afghanistan as a land of u201ca thousand opportunitiesu201d for Chinese developers and investors, although itu2019s unclear how effectively China will be able to capitalise on the countryu2019s vast resources moving forward.Meanwhile in the US, some hawkish commentary has played up fears that China will capitalise on the regionu2019s changing strategic landscape. John Bolton, the...
