More usefully- their price will likely be something Cuba is happy to do. IE, access to sell Chinese goods in Cuba? Hell yes bring them in bring our people up to modern standards. Set up a base somewhere? Of course Cuba is neutral between US and China, we lease space to US we can lease space to China too. China becomes Cuba’s primary trade partner? Hell yes sign us up US sure isn’t trading with us…
And let’s not forget China is already selling Cuba a ton of solar power tech. For a nation like Cuba that’s a godsend, because it reduces their reliance on foreign oil.
More usefully- their price will likely be something Cuba is happy to do. IE, access to sell Chinese goods in Cuba? Hell yes bring them in bring our people up to modern standards. Set up a base somewhere? Of course Cuba is neutral between US and China, we lease space to US we can lease space to China too. China becomes Cuba’s primary trade partner? Hell yes sign us up US sure isn’t trading with us…
And let’s not forget China is already selling Cuba a ton of solar power tech. For a nation like Cuba that’s a godsend, because it reduces their reliance on foreign oil.
Not just.
Persuade Nicaragua again to build a new shipping canal wider than Panama.Ortega wants China to fund his megaproject.