Chapter 960 The Hardest Person to Kill in the World

In late September, Castro came to China for a state visit.

This is his third state visit to China, and China has given him a high-level etiquette reception.

Castro is a legendary figure in Cuba and a legend in the world. He graduated from the University of Havana in 1950 with a doctorate in law and worked as a lawyer. In 1953, when he was only 27 years old, he led the uprising against Batty. During the armed uprising of the Sta dictatorial regime, he attacked the Moncada barracks. After the failure, he was arrested. In the court, he issued the famous self-defense speech "History will acquit me." "History will acquit me" is still used today. It is studied and talked about all over the world, and it also inspires countless aspiring young people.

In 1955, he went into exile in the United States and Mexico, and founded the "July 26 Movement" while in Mexico. He returned to Cuba in 1956 and established a rebel army and base in the Maestra Mountains. In January 1959, he led the rebel army to overthrow the Batista dictatorship, established a revolutionary government, and served as the head of the revolutionary government and commander-in-chief of the armed forces.

Since then, Castro has led the Cuban people to remain strong, refuse to surrender to power, and have been marching forward bravely.

Castro is over 70 years old this year, but he is still fighting for Cuba's revolutionary cause.

He has always been the focus of national and social attention, and he is also habitually called 'my commander' by Cubans.

Of course, this year, the CIA declassified a 705-page file, and the whole world looked at it with surprise. According to declassified files, Castro has been assassinated 634 times so far, without any success.

Castro said humorously: "If there was an item about the number of assassinations in the Olympics, I would be the absolute champion."

Clinton once described Castro in an interview: He was president when I was in kindergarten; he was president when I was in elementary school; he was president when I was in middle school; he was president when I was in college; After I started working, he was still the president; after I got married, he was still the president; after I became president, he was still the president; when my first term was about to expire, he was still the president. Now I finally understand what it means to "strive for the cause of communism for a lifetime."

This revolutionary, the most difficult person to kill in the world, is always welcomed wherever he goes.

This time Castro came to China, China also welcomed his visit with the highest diplomatic etiquette.

As the ties between the two sides become increasingly closer, there are more and more cooperation in economy, trade, culture and politics, and there are more and more mutual visits between the two sides.

Liu Tao also arrived in the capital and participated in the cooperation negotiation meeting.

In recent years, the Panshan Group has really contributed a lot to Cuba's smooth reform, and it can be regarded as the backbone of Cuba's import and export trade.

Ninety percent of Cuba's exported goods are shipped through shipping companies under the Panshan Group; even the Panshan Group itself is Cuba's largest trading partner, selling Cuban tobacco to the world through the Panshan Group.

The United States bans Cuban cigarettes, but the U.S. market is flooded with Cuban cigarettes. This is due to Panshan Group’s channels in the United States.

Every year, Panshan Group ships more than 100 million Cuban cigarettes to the United States through its own channels.

Many of the minerals exported by Cuba were purchased by the Panshan Group.

The industrial products imported by Cuba are also sold to Cuba by the Panshan Group.

He came this time because Cuba wanted to import a batch of weapons and equipment, as well as purchase Yun-10 and Yun-13, which were all related to the Panshan Group.

Some weapons are naturally not suitable for export to Cuba because of the Americans.

But there is no problem with some light weapons and defensive weapons.

In terms of naval equipment, the Type 022 missile boat is not suitable, but the Type 022A torpedo boat can be exported. It just needs to say hello to the Americans. It is inevitable that the Americans will check it when in the Caribbean.

There is no problem with luck 13 or 10.

This time Cuba adopted a loan model, with China providing an interest-free loan of US$1 billion to import industrial films from China to improve the lives of the Cuban people. At the same time, Cuba also received a low-interest loan of US$300 million to be used for Cuba's infrastructure construction and improvement of Cuba's infrastructure.

The leaders accompanied Castro on the EMU from Beijing to Shanghai, and then to Hangzhou, Yangcheng, and Pengcheng. They introduced to Castro the construction achievements and experience China has achieved after the reform.

The Cuban delegation coming this time also includes Cuban college students and scholars. They communicate with Chinese college students and Chinese scholars.

Since seven years ago, Cuba has sent a group of international students to Chinese universities for study and exchange every year, and China has also sent a group of students and scholars to Cuba for exchanges on a regular basis.

Although Cuba is small, there are many places worth learning.

China and Cuba continue to promote cooperation and exchanges based on the principles of win-win cooperation, peaceful coexistence, and equal exchanges.

This is Castro's second visit to China after three years. This time when he came to China, he clearly felt that China's urban construction has become better and China's development is too fast.

In China, Castro is very relaxed. He does not need to be alert to agents at all times. It is very safe here.

Castro mentioned the WTO.

Cuba joined the WTO on April 20, 1995 and is a member of the WTO organization. Until now, Cuba has implemented a planned economy, and Cuba's planned economy has a stronger impact on Cuba than China. Basic daily necessities for residents are rationed.

Cuba is currently implementing reforms, and to a certain extent, it is also referring to China's experience. After all, China's reforms have achieved great success.

Since last year, Cuba has opened up the tourism industry with the intention of attracting overseas tourists to Cuba.

Although Cuba is not developed and the country is not strong, Cuba has many characteristics, such as coffee, cigarettes, cocoa, the unique beauty of the Caribbean Sea, and of course, it is in the world's leading position in some medical fields, which can attract people to Cuba for treatment.

China is the world's most populous country, and Cuba naturally wants to actively expand China's tourism market and attract Chinese people to travel to Cuba.

At this time, Liu Tao was discussing banking matters with the Cuban delegation and wanted to set up a bank office in Cuba.

This year, Cuba carried out financial reforms. In June, the Central Bank of Cuba was established, assuming the functions of supervising and regulating the operation of the banking system, issuing currency, formulating and implementing monetary lending and exchange rate policies, and negotiating foreign debts. The National Bank of Cuba was established in December 1948. It previously assumed the functions of a central bank, but now it has been changed to a commercial bank.

If Xiangjiang Bank or other banks can set up offices in Cuba, then many things will become very simple.

Of course, there is one more thing, which is about Cuba's communications and the Internet. Cuba's communications are still very backward, and the Internet does not exist in Cuba.

There is no doubt that cooperation is possible.