Freightdog wrote: ↑Mon Dec 26, 2022 8:42 am The Chinese could.
They’ve enough people to provide for their operations. They can sacrifice them, and still have plenty. Theyre ruthless. Date I say it, possibly more efficient and disciplined than the Russians, and certainly less people friendly than any atlantic coalition.

Yes, unfortunately you are right. They can pour in money and take Afghan resources while saying nothing about women's rights. In China, women have recently seen increased marginalization as the domestic economy pinches everyone, giving men the edge...

An anecdote: I remember once having lunch with a top sales lady for industrial computer hardware in the company lunch room one day back in 2007, where I toiled as a technical writer... The big boss had called this sales lady into the office and told her that he was halving her salary, out of the blue. This came, either despite, or because of, the multi-million dollar boost in sales she'd made in the U.S. that year. Apparently she'd earned tens of thousands of dollars in commissions, etc... The president's rationale to cut her salary was not her extra earnings from the commission, but because she was a woman; and he flat out asked her when she planned to settle down and get married, and have kids - implying that she did not need to work at all. She was a very old 30 years, you know! This chauvinistic mentality prevails in China and Taiwan the same. That lady was so smart and a looker, too. I really regret not hitting on her, lol. She told me that she'd already bought three condos, etc, and was flipping them for even more. I coulda been set for life on easy street. ...Anyway, making ten times more than me, she quit the job shortly after the boss's salary cut and "get-married pep talk". That's China/Taiwan for ya...