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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing cannot accept any country acting as the "world's judge" after the United States captured Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro.

The world's second-largest economy has provided Venezuela with an economic lifeline since the U.S. and its allies ramped up sanctions in 2017, purchasing roughly $1.6 billion worth of goods in 2024, the most recent full-year data available.

Almost half of China's purchases were crude oil, customs data shows, while its state-owned oil giants had invested around $4.6 billion in Venezuela by 2018, according to data from the American Enterprise Institute think tank, which tracks Chinese overseas corporate investment.

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[–] TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works 261 points 1 week ago (33 children)

And china are right in this case. They're just also assholes

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 161 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 83 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Marjorie Taylor Green posted about how invading Venezuela is a terrible idea.

I hate it when I agree with Marjorie Taylor Green.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

It's as good to agree as it is to disagree. It's not good to disagree for the sake of it, so you're doing good 😊

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[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 38 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (13 children)

China is hypocritical as FUCK

They take Tibet, they take Hong Kong despite practically the entire island coming out to say no thanks, they threaten Taiwan every second day, and the only reason they haven’t taken Taiwan is because they wouldn’t have been able to hold it against the west

Now they see how weak Europe is and the nutter in command of the US, and their plans have accelerated, this is simply an opportunity to further push propaganda on something they were always going to do

On top of that I actually wouldn’t mind if we had a judge that aligns closer to American/Western values

China is literally right next to the totalitarian dystopian hellscape that is North Korea

Executions for watching south korean tv, 3 generations of jail as punishment for committing crimes

i would have no problems if even china which is not great even by itself could bring some sense to north korea

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago

They're also trying to erase the Cantonese Language from existence... 🫤

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 91 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Worse, a "world judge" that doesn't accept the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.

"We make the rules, but rules don't apply to us."

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[–] tehsillz@lemmy.world 65 points 1 week ago (6 children)

If only they said the same about Ukraine and Taiwan

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They did. The statement is "it cannot accept countries acting as 'world judge'" meaning countries also cannot judge them, that's exactly what China is claiming.

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[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 63 points 1 week ago (5 children)

For anyone that thinks otherwise I guarantee this opens the door for China to begin their assault on Taiwan.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 30 points 1 week ago (13 children)

I'm not so sure it does. China is openly arguing against Trumps logic here, and the US just did demonstrate their military is still highly effective. The US seventh fleet hasn't moved away from Taiwan, and Trump is clearly signalling he intends to keep China down.

I'd argue Xi is not happy Trump decided to actually do something like this, because it increased the risk of his plans with Taiwan as well now that the US is openly hostile and MAGA cheers it on.

China needed him to keep up the whole peace pretense and for MAGA to stay on board with that. Now that that's gone, Trump has cleared the way for more military intervention.

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago (8 children)

And now I'm agreeing with China.

Thanks, Trump.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago (25 children)

China is an authoritarian dictatorship that tramples human rights and treats its citizens like resources and speed-bumps and treats "free speech" as the joke it actually is.

All that said, they are pulling ahead on the world stage by miles. We don't see it in the US because again... freedom of speech isn't real, media is filtered, but if you travel you see whole other angles on the entire planet and just how much we don't get shown.

For example, you rarely see news about it, but China has launched 3 space stations in the time it took us to make just the documentaries about the ISS and how huuuuge of an accomplishment it was for the world. They are going to be launching probes and setting up smart, realistic goals for exploring the solar system. That's just not the kind high-tech, ambitious, modern project that we associate with our stereotypical imagery of China that we get fed here, but if you actually walk around in any of their new cities you will feel a distinct, sinking sensation that we've already lost.

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[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 1 week ago (12 children)
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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (4 children)

according to data from the American Enterprise Institute

Don't ask who pays their bills

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

While I agree you always need to look at who is saying what and what their motivations are, China has been investing in Venezuela, just as they have in many other countries.

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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (18 children)

The anus calling the butthole an asshole situation here.

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[–] MithranArkanere@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (6 children)

It would appear that the US got tired of all the jokes comparing them to the movie Idiocracy, so they decided to make themselves into Team America: World Police instead.

[–] Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 0 points 6 days ago

Swap police with gangsters and i agree.

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[–] Inucune@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We agree, so let's discuss the Chinese police stations in countries that are clearly not China.

[–] BoJackHorseman@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Let's discuss the American military bases in countries that are clearly not America.

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[–] TheKaul@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 1 week ago (3 children)

They must've not watchec this completely true documentary.

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[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 week ago

China should dump all of its U.S. treasuries

[–] velindora@lemmy.cafe 20 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Wait, didn’t they just say it was a good template for Taiwan?

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[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (12 children)

In any case, Mainland China still wants to supplant the US as a world power, so any failings of the Americans will be advantageous to Chinese regardless of its own domestic issues, as it does business with mostly countries rejected by the Americans as "enemy states" and undeserving of its support.

edit: To that particular someone who says to the contrary believing Americans remain strong, the Mainlanders still have their presence known in my country, especially as far as trade is concerned; walk into any street market and Mainland goods are cheap and present in huge volumes, and to boycott their goods will be next to impossible, having completely captured my country's market.

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[–] Rhoeri@piefed.world 18 points 1 week ago

Taiwan has entered the chat.

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