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China strongly condemned the kidnapping and violation of [[Venezuela]]’s [[sovereignty]]. Without large-scale gestures in the style of [[Trump]] or [[Macron]], the country has taken steps because it has come to the conclusion that the [[U.S.]] is making control of Venezuelan oil a tool to curb China’s presence in [[South America]] and hinder its rapid, irreversible development. . . .

China strongly condemned the kidnapping and violation of [[Venezuela]]’s [[sovereignty]]. Without large-scale gestures in the style of [[Trump]] or [[Macron]], the country has taken steps because it has come to the conclusion that the [[U.S.]] is making control of Venezuelan oil a tool to curb China’s presence in [[South America]] and hinder its rapid, irreversible development. . . .

Just hours after the kidnapping of [[President Nicolás Maduro]] became known, [[Xi Jinping]] convened an urgent meeting of the [[Politburo Standing Committee]], which lasted exactly 120 minutes. There were no communiqués or diplomatic threats, but only the silence before the storm, because this meeting activated what Chinese [[strategist]]s call an “integrated [[asymmetric]] response” to respond to [[aggression]] against the partners in the [[Western Hemisphere]], with Venezuela being the landing head for [[Latin America]] in the “backyard of the [[US]].”

Just hours after the kidnapping of [[President Nicolás Maduro]] became known, [[Xi Jinping]] convened an urgent meeting of the [[Politburo Standing Committee]], which lasted exactly 120 minutes. There were no communiqués or diplomatic threats, but only the silence before the storm, because this meeting activated what Chinese [[strategist]]s call an “integrated [[asymmetrical war|asymmetric]] response” to respond to [[aggression]] against the partners in the [[Western Hemisphere]], with Venezuela being the landing head for [[Latin America]] in the “backyard of the [[US]].”

The first phase of the Chinese reaction set at 9:15 a.m. on the 4th. January, when the [[People’s Bank of China]] discreetly announced the temporary suspension of all transactions in [[US dollar]]s with companies that have ties to the [[MIC|US defense sector]]. [[Boeing]], [[Lockheed Martin]], [[Raytheon]] and [[General Dynamics]] awoke with the news that all their transactions with China had been frozen without notice.

The first phase of the Chinese reaction set at 9:15 a.m. on the 4th. January, when the [[People's Bank of China]] discreetly announced the temporary suspension of all transactions in [[US dollar]]s with companies that have ties to the [[MIC|US defense sector]]. [[Boeing]], [[Lockheed Martin]], [[Raytheon]] and [[General Dynamics]] awoke with the news that all their transactions with China had been frozen without notice.

At 11:43 a.m. the same day, the State Grid Corporation of China, which controls the world’s largest power grid, announced the technical review of all of its contracts with U.S. suppliers of electrical equipment, implying that China is disconnecting from [[American]] [[technology]].

At 11:43 a.m. the same day, the State Grid Corporation of China, which controls the world’s largest power grid, announced the technical review of all of its contracts with U.S. suppliers of electrical equipment, implying that China is disconnecting from [[American]] [[technology]].