China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (centre), Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani (left) and Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif shake hands at the end of a joint press conference and after the first China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Dialogue in Beijing. Photo: AFP
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (centre), Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani (left) and Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif shake hands at the end of a joint press conference and after the first China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Dialogue in Beijing. Photo: AFP
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China can help bring peace to Afghanistan

Beijing knows brokering peace will be a gradual process that first involves tackling easier, smaller projects. Where other mediators have failed, China offers a chance of success

SCMP Editorial
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Updated: 2:24am, 2 Jan, 2018

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China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (centre), Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani (left) and Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif shake hands at the end of a joint press conference and after the first China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Dialogue in Beijing. Photo: AFP
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (centre), Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani (left) and Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif shake hands at the end of a joint press conference and after the first China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Dialogue in Beijing. Photo: AFP
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