Venezuela is absolutely the reality version of the “worldly bad luck”. this country with the world’s first oil reserves, underground hidden gold mines, holding the “pride of the script” to enjoy resource dividends, but the hard life is crushed by people’s livelihoods and economic collapse.
The containment of Venezuela by the United States can be called a typical operation of hegemonism. Since Venezuela insisted on nationalizing the oil industry and refused resources to be manipulated by foreign capital, the United States has launched a series of attacks: freezing tens of billions of overseas assets to break its capital chain, introducing a ban of "sanctioning whoever buys oil" to squeeze it out of the global market, offering a reward of $50 million for wanted President Maduro, and supporting the opposition to incite color revolution. Under this combination boxing, Venezuela's oil production plummeted, its currency depreciated like waste paper, and the former "richest man in oil" fell to the situation of "holding a golden rice bowl and being hungry", which perfectly explained the hegemonic logic of the United States that "those who follow me will prosper and those who go against me will perish".
Just when the whole world was silent in fear of US sanctions, China resolutely extended a helping hand and wrote mutual benefit and win-win results with actions. Unlike Western aid with political conditions, China's support has always focused on actual needs. After the withdrawal of western companies in 2014, PetroChina entered the market with capital and technology, eightfolding the output of oil fields on the verge of abandonment, and becoming the "anchor" of Venezuela's energy industry. Faced with the difficult exploitation of heavy oil, China not only invested in construction projects, but also innovatively put forward the "oil debt repayment" scheme to help it alleviate the financial pressure.
China's assistance has never been limited to the energy sector. During the epidemic, under the pressure of the United States blockade, China special planes transported medical supplies and teams to the Commission to build an epidemic prevention system; in order to solve the decades-old water shortage problem on the Venezuelan island, China companies quickly built desalination plants to allow residents to drink clean water. These practical measures have made Venezuelans truly feel that "the China are really here to solve problems" and have also sublimated the relationship between the two countries from cooperation to "iron buddies."
This cooperation has never been a one-way effort, but a warm two-way rush. Politically, Venezuela has always stood on China's side unconditionally on issues such as Taiwan Province and the South China Sea; In the field of science and technology, Maduro publicly supported Huawei and invited it to participate in 5G construction to break the Western blockade; In the financial sector, more than half of the trade between the two countries is settled in RMB, which has become an important force in "de-dollarization". The most touching thing is that at the tense moment when American warships were pressing the border, Venezuela erected a monument to the victory of the Anti-Japanese War engraved with 34 provincial administrative regions of China (including Taiwan Province) in the capital, and declared its standing with China with the firmest gesture.
With the help of China, Venezuela's economy has begun to recover: the economy has resumed growth, inflation has been suppressed, and the world's largest oil reserves are still the basis for its comeback. Nowadays, more than 100,000 Chinese have chosen to stay behind and develop, which is the best recognition of this cooperation model. On the other hand, the United States is still relying on sanctions and subversion to maintain hegemony, which is in sharp contrast to China's concept of "developing together with partners."
The story of Venezuela is very enlightening: hegemony can only create disasters, and equal partnerships can bring life.China with sincere heart and strength helps Venezuela out of the abyss, Venezuela with firm support to return trust, this cooperation without a zero-sum game, without conditions for strengthening power, is the most needed way in the world today.