Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing cannot accept any country acting as the “world’s judge” after the United States captured Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro.
The world’s second-largest economy has provided Venezuela with an economic lifeline since the U.S. and its allies ramped up sanctions in 2017, purchasing roughly $1.6 billion worth of goods in 2024, the most recent full-year data available.
Almost half of China’s purchases were crude oil, customs data shows, while its state-owned oil giants had invested around $4.6 billion in Venezuela by 2018, according to data from the American Enterprise Institute think tank, which tracks Chinese overseas corporate investment.
And that’s the only thing you care about?
I care about not dying a lot, yeah
And you know that people die other ways than being bombed, right?
Now, put it all together.
Like not being able to afford healthcare?
Being shot by a terrorist with a gun who looks just like you?
Yeah, America does all of that, besides bombing