{"id":1951764,"date":"2023-06-20T11:22:08","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T15:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-finalizing-plans-to-put-troops-100-miles-from-us-mainland-a-day-after-meeting-with-biden-admin-report\/"},"modified":"2023-06-20T11:22:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T15:22:08","slug":"china-finalizing-plans-to-put-troops-100-miles-from-us-mainland-a-day-after-meeting-with-biden-admin-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-finalizing-plans-to-put-troops-100-miles-from-us-mainland-a-day-after-meeting-with-biden-admin-report\/","title":{"rendered":"China Finalizing Plans to Put Troops 100 Miles from US Mainland a Day After Meeting with Biden Admin: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-finalizing-plans-to-put-troops-100-miles-from-us-mainland-a-day-after-meeting-with-biden-admin-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1951764&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>One day after Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up talks with Chinese officials in Beijing, a new report said China is planning to base troops in Cuba.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/beijing-plans-a-new-training-facility-in-cuba-raising-prospect-of-chinese-troops-on-americas-doorstep-e17fd5d1?mod=hp_lead_pos1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> reported Tuesday that Cuba and China are in talks over the establishment of a military training facility that would be about 100 miles from Florida\u2019s coast.<\/p>\n<p>The report, based on what it said were \u201ccurrent and former U.S. officials\u201d who were not named, said U.S. intelligence documents indicate the deal is in its final stages.<\/p>\n<p>The Journal said the Biden administration is trying to persuade <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/history-repeating-major-american-enemy-puts-bases-cuba-17-latin-american-countries\/\">Cuba<\/a> to back away from the project.<\/p>\n<p>The White House declined to comment on the report, it said.<\/p>\n<p>The sources were quoted as saying the fears of the project included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/war-looming-china-taiwan-30-chinese-flyovers-single-day-1-us-military-move-troubling-signs\/\">China<\/a> having a permanent base for troops in Cuba and an even more far-reaching campaign of intelligence gathering aimed at the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The facility is part of China\u2019s \u201cProject 141\u201d to expand military and logistical facilities around the world, the report said. The Journal said the plan was cited in what it summed up as \u201cconvincing but fragmentary\u201d intelligence reports.<\/p>\n<p>The new facility would add to China\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/clandestine-chinese-base-found-100-miles-usa-operating-years-official-source\/\">presence in Cuba<\/a>, which consists of four jointly run eavesdropping stations, the report said, citing U.S. officials it did not name.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to 2019, the Journal reported, there had been one Chinese spy site on the island. Chinese involvement in the sites increased that year when the number of eavesdropping locations increased, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/secretary-blinkens-visit-to-the-peoples-republic-of-china-prc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State Department news release<\/a> said that during Blinken\u2019s meetings with Chinese officials Sunday and Monday, \u201cThe two sides discussed a range of global and regional security issues, including Russia\u2019s war of aggression against Ukraine, the DPRK\u2019s provocative actions, and U.S. concerns with PRC intelligence activities in Cuba,\u201d using acronyms for the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea, and the People\u2019s Republic of China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Secretary made clear that the United States will work with its allies and partners to advance our vision for a world that is free, open, and upholds the rules-based international order,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">No consequences for the spy balloon. No consequences for spy station in Cuba. No consequences for stealing our jobs. China calls the shots in the Biden Admin <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jm0zDBheZk\">https:\/\/t.co\/jm0zDBheZk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HawleyMO\/status\/1670838276599562249?\">June 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier this month, the Biden administration said China has been spying on the U.S. from Cuba since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/cuba-to-host-secret-chinese-spy-base-focusing-on-u-s-b2fed0e0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported June 8<\/a> that a new agreement had been reached to establish a spy base, leading to a Biden administration official\u2019s confession that the truth was worse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an ongoing issue and not a new development,\u201d an official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/white-house-says-china-has-had-cuba-spy-base-since-at-least-2019-42145596\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told the outlet<\/a> June 10.<\/p>\n<p>The official told the Journal at that time that China\u2019s \u201cintelligence collection facilities\u201d in Cuba were upgraded in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/china-finalizing-plans-put-troops-100-miles-us-mainland-day-meeting-biden-admin-report\/\">China Finalizing Plans to Put Troops 100 Miles from US Mainland a Day After Meeting with Biden Admin: Report<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One day after Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up talks with Chinese officials in Beijing, a new report said China is planning to base troops in Cuba. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that Cuba and China are in talks over the establishment of a military training facility that would be about 100 miles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":1951765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[5696,4496,3620,4501,7660,20928,5962,4470,11750,3641,3819,9689],"class_list":["post-1951764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","tag-5696","tag-admin","tag-biden","tag-china","tag-day","tag-finalizing","tag-mainland","tag-meeting","tag-miles","tag-plans","tag-report","tag-troops"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1951764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1951765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1951764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1951764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1951764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}