US capture of Maduro tests limits of China’s diplomatic push

The US military’s overnight removal of a leader from a Chinese “all-weather” partner will test Beijing’s claim it can address global crises without following Washington militarily.

China’s top diplomat accused the US of acting like a “world judge” by seizing Venezuela’s leader Nicolas Maduro to put him on trial in New York, with Beijing later confronting Washington at the United Nations over the move’s legality.