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China establishes spy base in Cuba

A poster of former Cuban president Raul Castro hangs on a pole in Havana, where 65-year-old American cars that still run are a normal everyday feature of the rickety Cuban economy. (Photo: Reuters)

WASHINGTON: China has reached a secret deal with Cuba to establish an electronic eavesdropping facility on the island located 160 kilometres from Florida, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing US officials familiar with classified intelligence.

Such a facility would allow Beijing to gather electronic communications from the southeastern United States, which houses many US military bases, as well as monitor ship traffic, the newspaper reported.

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