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China's Worries After Death of Venezuela's Chavez

The direction of Sino-Venezuelan ties remains unknown following Chavez' death.

published by
NTC TV
 on March 11, 2013

Source: NTC TV

Speaking to NTD TV, Carnegie-Tsinghua's Matt Ferchen explained that China-Venezuela relations are based “on a set of mutual interests around oil.” Now, because Sino-Venezuelan ties were really initiated by Chavez, and his control over Venezuela’s state oil company was so strong, the direction that the country and the country’s oil industry will take remains unknown.

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