2 weeks ago - China — one of the world's biggest ... to assess the shocking weekend move to arrest President Nicolás Maduro. China is "deeply shocked," a Foreign Ministry spokesperson offered in a statement, accusing the US of "hegemonic ...

2 weeks ago - While there is little doubt that ... China's reactions. The first official response from Beijing came on the evening of 3 January (morning in the United States). A brief but decisive statement was posted on the Chinese Foreign Ministry's website: “China is deeply shocked by and strongly condemns the US’s blatant use of force against a sovereign state and action against its president. Such hegemonic acts of the US seriously violate international law and Venezuela’s sovereignty, ...

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

2 weeks ago - The U.S. attack on Venezuela helps China bolster its position as a "force for stability" in the world, said Zichen Wang, a research fellow at the Beijing-based think tank Center for China and Globalization.

2 weeks ago - Q: It’s reported that the U.S. ... against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolás Maduro, along with his wife, have been taken and “flown out of the country.” What’s China’s comment? A: China is deeply shocked by and strongly condemns the U.S.’s blatant use of force against ...

2 weeks ago - China said it’s “deeply shocked” by the US’s military strikes on Venezuela and its capture of President Nicolas Maduro.

2 weeks ago - China, a longtime ally of Venezuela, condemned the U.S. strike and capture of President Nicolás Maduro, which came hours after a high-level diplomatic meeting.

4 days ago - And aside from China’s limited military support to allied nations through arms sales and joint-training exercises, some observers have been quick to note that China’s inaction following the U.S. attack on Venezuela exposes the hollowness of any security arrangement with Beijing. Some may caution that Chinese projects like the Port of Chancay in Peru could be used for military purposes, or that Chinese control of utilities like electricity, as in Peru and Chile, presents a security threat to the host country and possibly to U.S.

2 weeks ago - China “strongly condemns the US’s blatant use of force against a sovereign state and action against its president,” a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a statement late Saturday. China — the biggest buyer of oil from the South American country, as well as its largest creditor — is the latest in a string of global leftist nations including Brazil, Russia, Colombia, Mexico and Cuba that have denounced the US military action against Venezuela.

4 days ago - China: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it was "deeply shocked and strongly condemns the U.S. for recklessly using force against a sovereign state and targeting its president" and that the attack "seriously violate[d] international law, violate[d] Venezuela's sovereignty, and threaten[ed] ...

Such hegemonic acts of the US seriously violate international law and Venezuela’s sovereignty, and threaten peace and security in Latin America and the Caribbean region. China firmly opposes it, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson made ...

2 weeks ago - Beijing had already been expanding its influence in the region through investments and trade, but these interests now face a direct challenge from Washington’s increasing assertiveness, with President Donald Trump saying the US is now “in charge” of Venezuela and some of its oil revenues. China’s response so far has been limited to the diplomatic front, with a slew of condemnations of the US for breaching international law and violating Venezuela’s sovereignty.

2 weeks ago - “The US’s blatant use of force against Venezuela and asking the country to favor America when handling its own oil resources — this is a typical bullying act,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told reporters at a regular ...

2 weeks ago - Wang Ting-yu, a lawmaker from Taiwan’s ruling party who sits on the legislature’s foreign affairs and defense committee, rejected the idea China might follow the US precedent and attack the island. “China is not the US, and Taiwan is not Venezuela.

2 weeks ago - TOKYO -- Asia's response to the U.S.'s dramatic seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has fractured along familiar geopolitical lines, with China leading a chorus of condemnation from Washington's rivals while American allies and nonaligned ...

1 week ago - The attack exposed the gulf between China's "great-power rhetoric and its real reach" in the Western Hemisphere, said Craig Singleton, a China expert at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies think tank.

Still, watching the international community accept recent U.S. actions will almost certainly convince Beijing that a military move against Taiwan—potentially beginning with the removal or capture of Taiwanese leaders in a so-called law enforcement operation—would be far more justifiable and far easier for the world to swallow than the U.S. attack on Venezuela. International response would directly shape Beijing’s military and political calculations. A forceful pushback by a U.S.-led coalition, supported by key Global South countries, could impose severe economic sanctions and diplomatic isolation, constraining China’s ability to fight and sustain a prolonged war.