re: The coming automobile market collapse and what it means

China has already claimed their riches thanks to Biden, Milley & our DoD.

China appears to have been playing the long game because they struck a deal with the Taliban to begin mining one of the richest copper deposits in the world. Afghanistan’s other mineral assets will also be on their shopping list, and the Taliban seem all too happy to oblige.

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(Wall Street Journal) China Pursues Afghanistan’s Mineral Wealth After U.S. Exit

Chinese company is negotiating with Taliban to mine one of world’s largest untapped reserves of copper

China is negotiating with Taliban authorities to start mining at the site, called Mes Aynak, according to Chinese and Taliban officials. Beijing is also in talks to begin work on oil-and-gas reserves in the north of the country, Amu Darya. Both projects were on hold for years because of the war, which ended when the Taliban seized power in August.

Dozens of Chinese mining companies have descended on Kabul in recent weeks seeking contracts for other mines.

U.S. officials say they are concerned that China will fill the vacuum left by the American withdrawal from Afghanistan. Beijing developed a relationship with the Taliban in recent years and kept its Kabul embassy functioning when Western missions fled the Taliban takeover.

Iran, another U.S. rival, is in talks to secure a huge iron ore deposit in the west of the country. Tehran, too, has fostered good ties with the Taliban.

Afghanistan is one of the world’s poorest countries, but its mountainous geology contains huge riches: gold, precious stones, coal, oil and gas, lithium, and rare-earth minerals. China already controls most of the world’s rare-earth minerals, which are used to manufacture a variety of technologies, including components in electric vehicles and smartphone touch screens.

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So why isn't Biden, Milley, Lloyd, The DoD, Pentagon, being hauled out frog-marched with leg-chains for treason?