The Wall Street Journal reported that the two communist countries have reached an agreement. According to the report, Beijing will transfer financial aid to impoverished Havana.
The facility will allow Beijing to collect electronic communications from the southeastern United States, an area where many military bases are located. The headquarters of the U.S. Army Central Command is located in Tampa, Florida, which is separated from the communist island by only 160 miles. "The threat to America from Cuba is not only real, it's much worse than that," said Republican Senator Marco Rubio, who holds hawkish views on China and Cuba.