US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that China's intelligence collection in Cuba were part of a global push by Beijing to expand its presence overseas, but US actions since Joe Biden came to power had ‘slowed down this effort’
Blinken said China's efforts in Cuba were part of a global effort by Beijing to expand its presence overseas, and that U.S. actions to address this since President Joe Biden came to power in January 2021 have produced results, without specifying what those results were.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to members of the media in the Treaty Room of the State Department in Washington, U.S., June 12, 2023. Mandel Ngan/Pool via REUTERSBlinken said the administration of former President Donald Trump knew of a 2019 Chinese upgrade of intelligence-collection facilities in Cuba but efforts to address this "weren't making enough progress".
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