Unsurprisingly, the first fire of 2026 was lit up by the USA. On the third of January, I believe, most people’s attention worldwide was given to Venezuela, since their dictator-president Nicolas Madura was snatched up by the the US task force from pentagon and transferred to New York City over night. It is a huge slap in the face to China indeed because on the same day in the afternoon, before Maduro was kidnapped to the US, he just met Chinese special envoy. We common Chinese don’t know what they were talking about, but we do realize that Chinese government lost on this game. And the oil deal between the Chinese government and Venezuela was unsurprisingly over. But personally, I’m happy for Venezuela people, and I assure you a lot of Chinese people feel this way. What else can you do when a dictator is down, celebrate of course. The sun will con ...