AdvertisementEmboldened By A Strengthening Economy, China Flexes Its Diplomatic MusclesJanuary 01, 2018Anthony KuhnfacebookEmailChina's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (center), Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani (left) and Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif (right) speak after the first China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Dialogue in Beijing on Dec. 26. (AFP/Getty Images)