China’s Strategic Mistake in Venezuela
China supports Maduro so it can recover the multimillion-dollar investments it made in Venezuela. But the Chinese Fund only served to swell the pockets of corrupt officials.
China supports Maduro so it can recover the multimillion-dollar investments it made in Venezuela. But the Chinese Fund only served to swell the pockets of corrupt officials.
The Hungarian Prime Minister visited China and is in the United States for the third and fourth stops of his peace mission.
Xi Jinping announced huge investments as Budapest rejects EU ‘decoupling’ in favour of trade and cooperation.
While the Chinese leader said all the right things, his words should not be taken at face value.
Following Wagner PMC chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s aborted uprising, it was incumbent on the Russian leader to project an image of strength in his first appearance on the world stage since the event.
Biden’s casting of the Chinese leader in the role runs the risk of hobbling any progress Secretary of State Antony Blinken might have made in restoring trust between the two superpowers.
Beijing will send an envoy to Ukraine to help work towards a “political settlement” to the ongoing conflict.
Before meeting with the Chinese president, Lula made an impassioned plea for the replacement of the U.S. dollar with other currencies for use in international trade.
China views France as the keystone among European nations to draw closer to itself, as it seeks to lure others away from U.S. influence.
In Beijing, French President Macron and European Commission President von der Leyen tried in vain to sway Beijing into siding with the collective West over Ukraine.
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