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Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) visits former Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Havana November 18, 2008 in this photo distributed by China's official Xinhua News Agency. REUTERS/Xinhua/Juventud Rebelde
Posted on 11/19/2008 11:59:25 AM PST by NormsRevenge
China's President Hu Jintao made a landmark visit to Cuba Tuesday, bearing millions of dollars in aid and promises of closer future trade ties.
The Chinese leader brought 4.5 tonnes of humanitarian aid for victims of three hurricanes that battered Cuba this year, which was handed over late Monday after Hu's arrival at the Jose Marti International Airport.
Receiving the gift, Cuba's Minister of Foreign Investment and Economic Cooperation Rodrigo Malmierca said that Cuba "deeply appreciates the visit of President Hu Jintao, at the exact moment the country is struggling to recover and continue its development."
It was the third donation China has made to assist Cuba in its recovery from hurricanes Gustav, Ike and Paloma, which caused 10 billion dollars worth of damages in the space of two months. Hurricane aid from the Chinese government and businesses has totalled more than 2.5 million dollars.
Later he accompanied President Raul Castro on a visit to a school for Chinese students, where the Cuban leader sang snippets of a song in Chinese praising late Communist Party Leader Mao Zedong.
"I learned to be a student like you, young like you and will remain so all my life," Castro told Hu and 300 Chinese students in the town of Tarara, east of Havana.
During the ceremony, President Hu thanked the Cuban authorities for supporting young Chinese students in Cuba, noting that by 2011, some 5,000 Chinese will have learned Spanish in Cuba since the inception in 2006 of the exchange program which he called a "sign of friendship and cooperation ... between the Cuban people and the Chinese people."
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Soon, these guys will be in the WH, talking to our guy. It’ll be sooo cooool!! :(
.Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) visits former Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Havana November 18, 2008 in this photo distributed by China's official Xinhua News Agency. REUTERS/Xinhua/Juventud Rebelde
Talk about “Change”, huh?
Are those cardboard Fidels or one of several Fidel look-alikes? ... Rumor is that Fidel has already assumed room temperature.
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