2 weeks ago - The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told reporters that this was a "typical act of bullying, a serious violation of international law, a severe infringement upon Venezuela's sovereignty and will do grave damage to the rights of the Venezuelan people." ... Some wonder if China is waiting and watching to see if it could do the same in Taiwan, the self-governing island which it views as a breakaway province.

2 weeks ago - Venezuela’s long time Foreign Minster Nicolas Maduro attends a ceremony declaring President Hugo Chavez official winner of the presidential elections at the Electoral Council in Caracas, Venezuela, Oct. 10, 2012, where Chavez announced he was naming Maduro as his new vice president. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File) Read More ... In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, speaks at the New Year gathering held by the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing on Wednesday, Dec.

2 weeks ago - China — one of the world's biggest buyers of Venezuelan oil — reacted to President Trump's ouster of the Latin American country's leader over the weekend with a series of condemnations but no signals of retaliation so far, as the world continues ...

2 weeks ago - The US president revealed American oil firms will 'go in and rebuild this system' as he signalled a plan to take control of huge and largely untapped reserves in Venezuela. But China, which has invested billions in Venezuela's oil industry, claimed agreements it has with Caracas over oil exports from the country would be 'protected by law'.

[45] Micah McCartney, “China-Made Military Radars May Have Failed Venezuela During US Raid,” Newsweek, January 7, 2026.

2 weeks ago - Chinese buyers shunned offers for Venezuelan crude this week, as a US blockade on the South American producer constrains exports and pushes up prices. HomeBTV+Market DataOpinionAudioOriginalsMagazineEvents · NewsMarketsEconomicsTechnologyP...

China has reacted sharply to the large-scale attack by the US on Venezuela and capture of President Nicolas Maduro.

1 week ago - HOUSTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Two China-flagged supertankers that were sailing to Venezuela to pick up debt-paying crude cargoes made U-turns and were headed back to Asia, LSEG shipping data showed on Monday, a sign that the U.S.-blocked South ...

2 weeks ago - BEIJING, Jan 5 (Reuters) - China's top diplomat accused the U.S. of acting like a "world judge" by seizing Venezuela's leader Nicolas Maduro to put him on trial in New York, with Beijing later confronting Washington at the United Nations over ...

4 days ago - China needs to legislate to protect itself against the risk of “external suppression” and safeguard its technology and supply chains, a legal expert with a top Beijing think tank has warned.

1 week ago - Now, he said, he will tell China that “we are open for business” and that they can “buy all the oil they want from us there or in the United States.” · The success of the January 3 early morning raid, in which U.S. commandos swept into Caracas and grabbed the Venezuelan president and his wife, was a blow to China's interests and prestige.

2 days ago - America’s military action in Venezuela and President Donald Trump’s talk of owning Greenland are stoking concerns that the United States is dismantling the rules-based global order. But this could also be a diplomatic opening for China as it tries to portray itself, in contrast, as a more responsible and stabilising power.

2 weeks ago - China strongly condemns U.S. use of force against Venezuela-

“China is deeply shocked by and strongly condemns the US’s blatant use of force against a sovereign state and action against its president,” a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. The remarks came after US President Donald Trump said Washington carried out a "large scale strike" against Venezuela, and that Maduro and his wife were captured and flown out of the country.

3 weeks ago - Two Chinese-flagged VLCCs are operating near Venezuelan waters, with the Thousand Sunny due to arrive in mid-January and the Xing Ye waiting off French Guiana, according to a new report by Lloyd's List.

2 weeks ago - Wicker told ABC News that Venezuela doesn't have any more tankers available to move additional oil. ... "The information I have is that Venezuela cannot pump anymore crude oil because there's no place to put it and there's no place to send it. The tankers are full and waiting to move to an appropriate place, hopefully to be sold with open market other than to be [given] free to China...

5 days ago - Venezuela's Chinese air defense radars weren't game-changing during the US raid to capture Maduro. China has touted the effectiveness in combat of radars like its JY-27A.

2 weeks ago - A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Saturday said China is deeply shocked by and strongly condemns the U.S. blatant use of force against a sovereign state and action against its president. It's reported that the U.S. launched military strikes on Venezuela and President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that the U.S.

China sharply criticized the US on Tuesday for increasing its military deployment near Venezuela, warning that Washington's actions have heightened regional tensions and threatened peace and security in Latin America and the Caribbean.