Cuba and China: the new face of an old relationship.(Reports)

Cuba's international relations have changed remarkably in recent years, with old alliances unraveling and new partnerships emerging. Since 2001, Cuba has experienced its most important realignment of foreign relations since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. The European Union remains an important economic partner, but diplomatic relations soured following Cuba's crackdown on dissidents in 2003. When European embassies responded by inviting opposition leaders to important embassy receptions, the Cuban government cut all contacts with European ambassadors and refused EU aid. Only days after ah official rapprochement was announced in January 2005, Fidel ...