Chinese intelligence collection from Cuba predates the Biden era, with facilities upgraded in 2019, White House official says
The official said the issue predated Joe Biden’s presidency, as had Beijing’s efforts to strengthen its intelligence collection infrastructure worldwide.
Asked for comment, an official at China’s embassy in Washington pointed to Friday’s statement by a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson who accused the US of “spreading rumours and slander” with talk of a Cuba spy station, and of being “the most powerful hacker empire in the world”. Attention surrounding alleged Chinese spying from Cuba comes as Washington and Beijing are taking tentative steps to soothe tensions that spiked afterbefore the US military shot it down off the east coast in February.
The Biden administration official said that despite the former administration of Donald Trump being aware of the Chinese basing effort in Cuba and making some attempts to address the challenge, “We were not making enough progress and needed a more direct approach.”
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