Trump Admin’s Venezuela Strikes Are Challenging China’s Global Role

The strategic signals that Beijing is seeing and what that means.

People gather to celebrate the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, outside the courthouse where he is expected to appear before a federal judge in New York City, on Jan. 5, 2026. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to use military force to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro isn’t just about capturing another drug-trafficking dictator in Latin America—it’s a major pushback against communist China’s influence in the Americas.