Nicolás Maduro puts a thumbs up while smiling next to Xi Jinping.

    What the seizure of Maduro means for China, Venezuela’s biggest oil buyer

    Hours before US helicopters landed at the compound of Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela said he had enjoyed a “pleasant evening” with Chinese diplomats.  In a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping’s special envoy for Latin America, Qiu Xiaoqi, the two countries reaffirmed close ties and commitment to “building a multipolar world of development…

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    Pro-government, armed civilians at a protest in Caracas, Venezuela on Sunday. Photo: AP

      China is likely to thread the needle after US attack on Venezuela

      China will be patient and play the long game as it views the new geopolitical chessboard, recalibrating carefully in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s move on Saturday to decapitate Venezuela’s leadership, analysts said. In a daring predawn raid, US forces descended on ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and airlifted him shackled and blindfolded…

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      Maduro meets China's Qiu Xiaoqi

        Maduro met with Chinese counterpart hours before capture

        NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Just hours before his capture by the U.S., Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro met with a Chinese envoy, highlighting the great power competition between Washington and Beijing in the Western Hemisphere. Maduro received Qiu Xiaoqi, the Chinese government’s special representative for Latin American affairs, at the Miraflores Presidential…

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