Trump exposed Xi's weakness? Maduro met Chinese envoy just before arrest, was Beijing warned or. . . ?

The dramatic capture of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro and Washington’s claim that it will now “run Venezuela” has sent shockwaves far beyond Latin America. But one capital is watching especially closely: Beijing. China had diplomats on the ground in Caracas hours before Maduro was taken. It has poured over $105 billion into Venezuela, secured oil deals, and used Caracas as its rare strategic foothold in the Western Hemisphere. Now, all of that is suddenly at risk. This episode asks the uncomfortable questions: Did the U.S. just redraw the red lines of the Western Hemisphere? What does Trump’s self-styled “Donroe Doctrine” mean for China’s global ambitions and for oil geopolitics? Why did Chinese-made radar systems fail to detect U.S. forces? And if Washington claims ownership of its backyard, what stops Beijing from asserting the same logic in the South China Sea?