China is enjoying the United States' precipitous withdrawal from Afghanistan. From Beijing's perspective, America's abrupt dash for the exit as the conflict continues to rage reinforces the argument that the US is an erratic and unreliable player on the world stage.
This glee, however, should be tempered by the fact that the trouble that is likely to follow America's withdrawal is going to cause Beijing more trouble than the seemingly never-ending conflict which it has been able to observe from the sidelines.
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