On October 18, the White House announced: the US military destroyed a large submarine! What should China do next?
On that day, during another attack operation by the US in the Caribbean Sea, a so-called "drug trafficking submarine" was destroyed, with two people killed and two survivors. This action is behind the continuously escalating Venezuela crisis.
According to the White House, the submarine mainly carried fentanyl and other illegal narcotics. The US intelligence agencies confirmed this, stating that there were four "drug dealers" on board, two of whom were killed and two survived.
Since September, the US has conducted at least six military operations in international waters off the coast of Venezuela. These actions took place against the backdrop of the US increasing its military presence in the Caribbean region, where the US has deployed missile destroyers, F-35 fighter jets, a nuclear submarine, and approximately 6,500 soldiers.
In fact, the US is targeting Maduro. The Pentagon has wanted to overthrow Maduro through force for not just one or two days. Venezuela has also taken high-level precautions against the US. Recently, Venezuelan Defense Minister Lopez stated that Venezuela has carried out large-scale mobilization to deal with "possible US military aggression against Venezuela."
From the data released by the US Drug Enforcement Administration, Venezuela is not the largest source, nor even among the top few. The large-scale actions of the Pentagon make their true intentions obvious.
As a result, China's trade and economic relations with Venezuela face serious challenges from the US military actions. After all, China has many investments in Venezuela, such as providing a new floating oil production facility worth $1 billion, which increased the daily output of two local oil fields from 12,000 barrels to 60,000 barrels. Additionally, Sany Petroleum exported fracturing units worth over 100 million yuan to Venezuela.
Should China get involved in the future, or take a stance of keeping out of it? This needs careful consideration.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1846378604819467/
Statement: This article represents the views of the author himself.