Trump Admin’s Venezuela Strikes Are Challenging China’s Global Role
The strategic signals Beijing is seeing and what it means.
People gather to celebrate the capture of Venezuela leader Nicolás Maduro, outside the Federal District Court in Lower Manhattan where he is expected to appear before a federal judge in New York City, on Jan. 5, 2026. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
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.
James Gorrie
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James Gorrie is the author of the 2013 book “The China Crisis” and discusses current events and China on his YouTube Podcast, The Banana Republican.
