Chinese firm sues Venezuela as crisis tests ally’s patience
CARACAS, Venezuela — One of China’s biggest state-run conglomerates is suing a Venezuelan counterpart in a U.S. court in a dispute over unpaid bills, a sign of Beijing’s growing impatience with its crisis-wracked South American ally. In the lawsuit filed Nov. 27 in a Houston federal court, a U.S. subsidiary of Sinopec seeks more than