Trump Moves Against China’s Cuba Intelligence Network

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel arrives for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 4, 2025. Lintao Zhang / POOL/AFP via Getty Images

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On May 26, Cuba received an aid package of 60,000 tons of rice from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The following day, the CCP issued a statement condemning the U.S. blockade and what it described as increasing military threats against the communist nation. At the same time, Washington warned that the CCP is expanding its Cuba-based espionage operations.