Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro met with Colonel General Xu Caihou, Head of the General Political Department of China’s People’s Liberation Army. Posted on 04/24/2004 7:20:44 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro met with Colonel General Xu Caihou, Head of the General Political Department of China’s People’s Liberation Army.
During the meeting both Fidel and Xu agreed that the visit by the Chinese delegation to the island strengthens bilateral relations between both nations, governments and armed forces.
Xu Caihou also met with Cuban Armed Forces Minister, Army General Raul Castro and gave him a friendly message of greetings from Chinese top authorities.
In his meeting with Raul Castro, the Chinese visitor stressed the experience of the Cuba armed institution and the population in their preparation for defense and their building of the socialist society.
Shortly before returning to China, Xu Caihou, who is also member of China’s Central Military Commission, expressed his impression on the vast culture and knowledge of President Fidel Castro about the world situation.
He also highlighted Fidel Castro’s knowledge of Chinese history and the strategic vision of both Cuban leaders of the current world circumstances.
The farewell to the Chinese delegation was attended by Corps Army General Sixto Batista, Executive Secretary of the Communist Party National Security and Defense Commission and Division General Jose Carrillo, Head of the Armed Forces Political Department.
Xu Caihou
Xu Caihou, male, 59, Han nationality, a native of Wafangdian, Liaoning Province, was born in June 1943. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in April 1971 and the army in August 1963, graduated from the Electronics Engineering Department of Harbin Institute of Military Engineering; with a university education, he holds the military rank as General.
He is now member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Central Military Commission, executive deputy director of the General Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and concurrently secretary of the Discipline Inspection Committee of the Central Military Commission and deputy Party secretary of the PLA General Political Department.
1963-1968 Student of the Electronics Engineering Department of the Harbin Institute of Military Engineering
1968-1970 Sent to the farm of the 39th Army to do manual labor
1970-1971 Sent as a soldier to the 6th Company, the Second Battalion of the Third Regiment of the Independent Division of the Jilin Provincial Military Area Command
1971-1972 Deputy Political Instructor of the Second Company of the First Battalion of the Third Artillery Regiment of the Third Division of the Garrison of the Shenyang Military Area Command
1972-1982 Secretary and deputy chief of the Personnel Division of the Political Department of the Jilin Military Area Command (studied as a trainee at the PLA Institute of Political Sciences from October 1980 to August 1982)
1982-1983 Chief of the Personnel Division of the Political Department of the Jilin Provincial Military Area Command and concurrently chief of the office for retirees
1983-1984 Deputy director of the Political Department of the Jilin Provincial Military Area Command
1984-1985 Director of the Mass Work Section of the Political Department of the Shenyang Military Area Command
1985-1990 Director of the Political Department of the 16th Group Army of the Ground Force
1990-1992 Political Commissar of the 16th Group Army of the Ground Force
1992-1993 Assistant to the director of the PLA General Political Department
1993-1993 Assistant to the director of the PLA General Political Department and concurrently director of the Liberation Army Daily
1993-1994 Deputy director of the PLA General Political Department and concurrently director of the Liberation Army Daily
1994-1996 Deputy Director of the PLA General Political Department
1996-1999 Political Commissar of the Jinan Military Area Command
1999-2000 Member of the Central Military Commission and executive deputy director of the PLA General Political Department
2000-2002 Member of the Central Military Commission and executive deputy director of the PLA General Political Department and concurrently secretary of the Discipline Inspection Committee of the Central Military Commission and deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the PLA General Political Department
2002- Member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Central Military Commission, executive deputy director of the PLA General Political Department and concurrently secretary of the Discipline Inspection Committee of the Central Military Commission and deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the PLA General Political Department
He served as a member of the 15th CPC Central Committee and is now a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee and member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee.
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Chavez stalling? Shocking and so unexpected.
No - I believe they are well settled in South America and Mexico. They already have facilities at both ends of the Panama Canal, Port of Los Angeles, Long Beach, CA and also on the East Coast.
There are a lot more but there isn't enough time to list them all. Watch out for COSCO - China Ocean Shipping Co which is half owned by the Chinese military.
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