Tom Lynch

Will Chinese Mining Venture Bring Wealth or Heartbreak to Afghanistan?

The United States initially welcomed China's $3.4-billion investment to develop Afghanistan's largest copper mine. But today, three years later, China has made little progress on the roads and power plants it promised for Afghanistan, and some U.S. experts worry China is repeating the lax business practices they've seen in other international Chinese projects. Security in Afghanistan hinges on a legitimate revenue stream -- rather than the drug trade -- to develop the war-torn country, and U.S and Afghan officials have pushed mineral investments as the backbone of a new Afghan economy. But ...

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