For Chinese strategic realists, any support for America’s efforts to help end the Afghan insurgency should be part of a broader China-US bargain. China might agree not to undermine America as it withdraws only if the US agrees to rethink its arms sales to Taiwan, or to pull back from its commitment to support Japan’s claims to the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands, the ownership of which China disputes.
而对于中国的那些战略现实主义者来说，任何协助美国结束阿富汗军事行动的行为都将成为中美更宏观交易的一部分筹码。只要美国能重新检讨对台军售或者撤回对日本钓鱼岛/尖阁列岛主权诉求的支持，那么中国就不会在阿富汗撤军行动上做手脚。很显然，这种交易在美国没有什么市场。