WSJ: China Negotiating With Cuba to Set up Joint Military Training Base

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China is reportedly in talks with Cuba to set up a joint military base that could potentially lead to the deployment of PLA soldiers within a couple of hundred kilometers of the United States, according to a new report in the Wall Street Journal.

This is the second Wall Street Journal story in as many weeks on alleged Sino-Cuban security cooperation. On June 8, the paper, also citing unnamed U.S. government officials, claimed Beijing and Havana had reached an agreement to build a new eavesdropping station on the island.

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