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China is now the dominant buyer of Venezuelan oil, taking roughly 80% of exports in recent months (about 746,000 bpd in November) and absorbing large volumes of fuel oil and methanol as well (136,000 ...
China and Russia prop up Venezuela through a mix of economic arrangements, political backing, and—particularly from Russia—military cooperation, but both partners have narrowed or conditioned support ...
Since 2015 China’s oil-for-loans relationship with Venezuela shifted from aggressive expansion and fresh credit to cautious preservation, restructuring and in-kind repayment—driven by collapsing Venez...
President Trump’s second term (begun January 20, 2025) has been marked by a high volume of executive actions — Ballotpedia counts 218 executive orders, 55 memoranda and 112 proclamations as of Dec. 10...
The claim that Xi Jinping explicitly said China will invade Taiwan in 2027 or 2028 is ; none of the cited documents contain a direct quote or an unequivocal timeline from Xi Jinping endorsing an invas...
Foreign state actors most visibly tied to Venezuela’s oil sector now are China and Russia, while limited Western involvement — notably Chevron — has fluctuated with U.S. licensing and sanctions . U.S....
Complaints about “bad” behavior by Chinese tourists in Japan exist alongside evidence that Chinese visitors are the single largest and highest-spending group in recent years — roughly 7–8+ million vis...
U.S. soybean farmers suffered sharp market losses in 2024 after China imposed retaliatory tariffs that made U.S. beans uncompetitive, with China buying roughly 20% of its soybeans from the U.S. in 202...
Illicit fentanyl in the United States is the product of an international supply chain in which Chinese chemical manufacturers, Mexican transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and persistent U.S. ...
Since 2007–2010 China provided Venezuela roughly $50–60 billion in loan‑for‑oil and credit‑line arrangements that were repaid largely in crude shipments and equity stakes in Orinoco projects (China De...
China and Russia have kept Venezuela’s crude flowing and its joint ventures afloat through investment, technical support, and contracts that sidestep Western firms — stabilising PDVSA output near ~1 m...
Tariffs raise government revenue and can protect some domestic industries, but multiple recent analyses and news reports find sizable economic costs: models project long‑run GDP declines (~0.3–0.8%), ...
China’s social credit architecture is a sprawling, evolving regulatory framework focused more on businesses and lists of “seriously untrustworthy” entities than a single, nationwide personal score; Be...
China’s political system is organized under a single-party framework led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the state institutions the party controls, a model Beijing sometimes labels “Chinese-s...
Public sources show a mix of concrete legal cases, intelligence warnings and suspicious incidents tied to Huawei hardware and personnel, but no single public smoking‑gun proving all Huawei phones are ...
Reporting and compilations from multiple outlets document a string of verbal miscues by Donald Trump at 2024 campaign rallies, including confusing world leaders and places, misnaming political figures...
The specific claim—that Chinese-made electric vehicles sold to Western customers secretly contain installed surveillance or built-in remote shutdown/impairment mechanisms—cannot be categorically prove...
Before 1950 Tibet functioned as a , but Beijing — both the Republic of China earlier and the People’s Republic of China later — consistently asserted sovereignty over the territory, producing competin...
Chinese and Russian oil firms moved from financiers and partners to operational lifelines for Venezuela’s oil sector after Western companies scaled back or were forced out, providing investment, marke...
Public criticism of Sir Keir Starmer centers on falling public approval, internal Labour tensions over policy and devolution, and recent controversies around the Budget and media-targeting allegations...