China and Cuba are in talks to establish a joint military training facility that could lead to the stationing of Chinese military troops on the communist island less than 100 miles from Florida, U.S. intelligence reports indicate.
to The Wall Street Journal, which reported that the China-Cuba negotiations relating to the facility are at an advanced stage but not complete.
“We continue to be concerned about [China’s] longstanding activities with Cuba,” the official added, noting that Beijing “will keep trying to enhance its presence in Cuba, and we will keep working to disrupt it.”While tensions are most notably high over China’s pressure campaign against Taiwan, efforts by Beijing to ramp up spying and military activities targeting the United States have also been a source of growing concern in Washington in recent months.
National security analysts have described the geopolitical posturing between China and the United States as a new kind of Cold War between the world’s most prominent powers, which remain deeply connected through trade despite the rising tensions.
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