Cuba’s Spy Deal With China Has Echoes of Cold War Tensions

Planned surveillance facility adds a new source of conflict with U.S. after short-lived rapprochement between Havana and Washington

The Soviets for years operated an eavesdropping facility at Lourdes near Havana. Photo: Getty Images

Cuba’s deal to allow China to set up an electronic surveillance facility on the island in exchange for cash is the latest high-stakes twist in decades of strained relations with the U.S. as Havana struggles with its worst economic crisis since the breakup of the Soviet Union.

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