China's militant non-interventionism is probably partly why they are able to survive as a socialist powerhouse by using those resources instead domestically and in trade relations such as BRI, having learned the mistakes from the USSR.

Rationally I understand why they do what they do but given personal powerlessness idealistically it feels less than satisfying. If with Palestine the best they can do is what they did then that's a probably a good barometer of how far they are willing to stick their neck out here.

Venuzuela will need to drastically reshape their economy into a war economy (if they haven't already done so), if not a dictatorship of the proleteriat, and the quickest cheapest way (getting that investment, technology share, population upskilling, going up the value chain in manufacture, and most importantly targeted poverty alleviation) is probably with deepening further relations with China but as we have learned in the past - with countries relying on the likes of Soviet Union - it is a big gamble to put more of your eggs in one basket.