A view of the Bagram Airfield base after all U.S. and NATO forces evacuated in Parwan province, eastern Afghanistan, on July 8, 2021. Xinhua/Getty
US News and World Report: China Weighing Occupation of Former U.S. Air Base at Bagram: Sources
Building on friendly relations Beijing has secured with the new Taliban government in Afghanistan, China is now considering new ways to expand influence and embarrass the U.S.
China is considering deploying military personnel and economic development officials to Bagram airfield, perhaps the single-most prominent symbol of the 20-year U.S. military presence in Afghanistan.
The Chinese military is currently conducting a feasibility study about the effect of sending workers, soldiers and other staff related to its foreign economic investment program known as the Belt and Road Initiative in the coming years to Bagram, according to a source briefed on the study by Chinese military officials, who spoke to U.S. News on the condition of anonymity.
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Update: China is 'considering' sending soldiers and workers to the former US airbase at Bagram as part of its 'Belt and Road Initiative' to strengthen ties with the Taliban and embarrass America (Daily Mail)
WNU Editor: The Taliban are denying these reports .... Taliban spokesman denies Bagram airbase may be handed over to China (TASS), and so is China .... China denies it is taking over Afghan military site that was US base (SCMP).
As to what is my take.
Bagram airfield is a multi-billion dollar airport with the necessary infrastructure to make it function. No one is going to let it go to waste. So of course the Chinese and Taliban are going to examine what can be done with it.