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China's Worries After Death of Venezuela's Chavez

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

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By Matt Ferchen
Published on Mar 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.

About the Author

Matt Ferchen

Former Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy

Ferchen specializes in China’s political-economic relations with emerging economies. At the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, he ran a program on China’s economic and political relations with the developing world, including Latin America.

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Former Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
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Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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