Venezuelan President Maduro being apprehended by the U.S. military on January 3, 2026, and then transported to the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, en route to New York, USA. (Video screenshot)
[People News] The U.S. military’s lightning arrest of Venezuelan President Maduro has set off storm-like discussions around the world and has also dealt a huge shock to China’s political arena. This is the second time in recent days that senior CCP officials have been so frightened that they could not sit still. Just last month, the United States passed a new version of the National Defense Authorization Act, requiring the Director of National Intelligence to disclose the wealth of top CCP leaders, a punch that hit Xi Jinping and many senior officials right in their Achilles’ heel.
On January 3, just a few hours before being captured alive by the U.S. military, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was in high spirits, laughing together with CCP diplomatic officials, shaking hands and celebrating the successful conclusion of bilateral talks, and signing massive contracts. Although CCP leader Xi Jinping was not present, Maduro repeatedly addressed Xi as “big brother” during the meeting and praised Xi for sending a “powerful message as a world leader.” He did not expect that the “big brother” he spoke of had sold him radar air-defense systems meant to save his life that turned out to be nothing more than a pile of scrap metal. The U.S. military even reached his bedside without any of those radars issuing a warning, causing him to be arrested in his pajamas, his hair in disarray, his image completely ruined on camera, and his dignity utterly lost.
This iron fist struck Maduro, but it sent a chill down the spines of the few remaining dictators around the world. This included Xi Jinping and other senior CCP officials. Even Lin Jian, the usually sharp-tongued spokesperson of the CCP Ministry of Foreign Affairs, unusually froze for 50 seconds when facing questions from foreign media.
On January 5, at a regular CCP Ministry of Foreign Affairs press conference, a reporter from the U.S. National Broadcasting Company (NBC) asked a question, saying: the CCP has demanded that the United States immediately release Maduro and his wife; if China’s demand is ignored, can you comment on what consequences the United States might face? And just before being arrested, Maduro had happened to meet with Chinese officials.
Throughout the question, Lin Jian kept his head down in silence, flipping through the materials in his hands. Even after the reporter finished speaking, he did not look up. After the microphone sat in silence for 50 seconds, he finally replied by citing certain United Nations regulations, muddling through the situation.
Before this, a Japanese reporter had also raised a question, pointing out that Venezuela imports a large amount of Chinese weapons—why did they prove completely useless during the U.S. military operation?
Lin Jian, with a tense expression, dodged the question by talking about supporting regional peace, giving an answer completely unrelated to the question.
This storm also spread to the CCP consulate in the United States.
On the afternoon of January 4, large numbers of overseas Chinese gathered outside the CCP Consulate General in Los Angeles to voice support for the U.S. military’s live capture of Maduro and his wife. They emphasized that Maduro’s today is Xi Jinping’s tomorrow. They also shouted in unison, “Down with the Communist Party, put Xi Jinping on trial, the people want freedom, not tyranny.”
However, just as the event was coming to an end, consulate security personnel brutally used pepper spray to directly attack the crowd, causing eight people to be injured, with three rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment. In the end, the police handcuffed and arrested the security guard. According to information from the inmate information center, the charge level is a felony.
Japanese netizens expressed shock at this, saying that such an incident occurring in the United States is simply horrifying, and harshly criticized the CCP’s suppression logic for finally hitting a wall in America. A Chinese national lawyer bluntly stated that the attack by consulate security personnel is a typical case of the CCP’s transnational repression, sarcastically noting that if the same situation occurred in China, it would likely be the protesters who would suffer grave misfortune. △
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