How Maduro’s Removal Could Help China
Beijing has invested in Venezuela and could come out looking like the more reliable partner.
Outside the headquarters of PDVSA, the state-owned oil and gas company, in Caracas.
Photographer: Carlos Becerra/BloombergChina has spent years cultivating a relationship with Venezuela, with oil often at the heart of their cooperation. 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. Plus: Why experts are underestimating the risks of the Trump economy, and Spotify came to define streaming music and then AI came along.
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