China–Venezuela relations

4 days ago - Wanting to learn further about beneficiaries, the government asked ZTE help to develop QR codes for the "homeland cards". ZTE developed the codes at a cost of less than $3 per account, and the government printed the cards, linking them to the Soltein database. In 2008, China also launched a communication satellite Venesat-1 for Venezuela, which has since become inactive.

5 days ago - Chinese officials have sought talks with Venezuelan and US officials to get assurances over its loans to the South American country, according to people familiar with the matter.

December 18, 2025 - China supports Venezuela's request for an urgent meeting of the council, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Thursday, when asked at a regular news briefing what role China, as a "responsible" major power, would play.

2 weeks ago - The bulk of Venezuelan oil exports flow to China, and Chinese companies finance extensive infrastructure projects and investments across the country, with Beijing lending billions to Caracas in recent decades. Trump’s move has appeared to upend that relationship, at least for now, raising questions over China’s preferential access to Venezuelan oil and the future of its political and economic influence in the wider region.

2 weeks ago - [1/3]Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi delivers his speech at the opening ceremony of the Lanting Forum in Beijing, China, October 27, 2025. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab · "There isn't much in the way of material support that China can offer Venezuela at this time, but rhetorically, Beijing will be very important when it leads the effort at the UN and with other developing countries to rally opinion against the U.S.," said Eric Olander, co-founder of the China-Global South Project.

3 weeks ago - During a December 17 call with his Venezuelan counterpart, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi voiced opposition to US “unilateral bullying” and expressed his support for Venezuela’s right to “defend its sovereignty and national dignity”. Yet, Beijing has failed to offer Caracas anything beyond rhetoric. China is clearly wary of falling into a geopolitical trap and its inaction demonstrates the limits of its influence in Latin America.

December 13, 2025 - Maduro reportedly asked China and Russia for military assistance at the end of October, according to The Washington Post. The Kremlin's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has said "we support Venezuela, as it supports us", while urging the ...

5 days ago - On November 24, a post claimed that “China announced it will provide military help to Venezuela if it faces foreign invasion.” Other X users flagged the claim as false, yet the post was reshared more than a thousand times.

2 weeks ago - The not-so-hidden message was for Beijing: get out of our backyard. Beijing is unlikely to listen. But it will wait to see what happens next. On Wednesday Beijing strongly condemned a US report that suggested Washington will order the acting Venezuelan president to sever economic ties with China and Russia.

Nicolas Maduro took power after Chavez’s death in 2013, turning increasingly authoritarian as Venezuela’s economy continued to decline.[4] As the United States expanded its sanctions on Venezuela (which had begun in 2006), China became a prime source of financing and investment.[5] Venezuela supported China in many international forums (including positions on Taiwan and Hong Kong) while China emphasized respect for Venezuelan sovereignty and opposition to sanctions.[6] During Maduro’s state visit in 2023, China upgraded its relationship with Venezuela to an All-Weather Strategic Partnership, making Venezuela one of only seven countries to hold China’s highest tier of bilateral partnership.[*][7]

6 days ago - President Donald Trump’s recent actions to arrest strongman Nicolás Maduro and bring US oil companies into Venezuela has the potential to disrupt China’s moves. But as Christopher Beam writes today, there’s a lot for China to gain still.

China supports the Security Council in holding an emergency meeting regarding the US military strikes on Venezuela. We thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for reading out the briefing of Secretary-General António Guterres.

2 weeks ago - Venezuela is the fourth-biggest recipient of loans from Chinese official lenders, receiving about $106bn in commitments between 2000 and 2023, according to AidData, a research institute at William and Mary University in Virginia.

1 month ago - As the United States steps up pressure to remove Nicolás Maduro from power, the Venezuelan leader has turned to China for support. Last week, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi responded to the growing US military presence by denouncing “unilateral ...

1 month ago - Trump again called for Venezuela’s president to leave power and said the US would keep or sell the oil it had seized ... China and Russia have expressed support for Venezuela as it confronts a US blockade of sanctioned oil tankers, while Donald Trump continues to ramp up his pressure campaign on the South American country’s president, Nicolás Maduro.

2 weeks ago - Explore China's reaction to U.S. intervention in Venezuela and the implications for Latin America and international relations.

2 weeks ago - China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a press briefing Monday that China maintains "positive communication and cooperation" with the Venezuelan government and that its willingness to deepen cooperation, including on oil exports, would not change regardless of how the situation evolves. He added that Chinese interests in Venezuela would be protected under the law. The U.S. attack on Venezuela helps ...

2 weeks ago - But the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces early Saturday has tested the strength of the Beijing‑Caracas strategic partnership like never before. And although the Asian giant has criticized Washington’s “hegemonic acts” and demanded the immediate release of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, there is broad consensus among analysts that its response will remain largely rhetorical. “China is deeply shocked and strongly condemns the reckless use of force by the United States against a sovereign state and the actions directed against the president of another country,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a brief statement released about eight hours after explosions began in various parts of Venezuela, including the capital.

4 days ago - And nowhere is this more true than in Latin America, where it has established deeper ties with countries like Venezuela. China and Latin American countries have a mutually beneficial economic relationship. China needs natural resources, such as copper and lithium, that are abundant in Latin America, while China has been a ready source of infrastructure development. For example, China has a strong presence in Peruvian mining, and the Chinese state-owned enterprise COSCO recently opened the high-tech Port of Chancay in Peru.