don't know if you read news in dr1 last week, but china's leader met fidel and said that they would "give" them whatever they needed. surprised that we saw nothing in u.s. press about this entry into the american sphere of influence a la russia in the '60's unless i missed it. my worry is that if the americans (who are really missing the economic boat on cuba) allow china to work trade deals with cuba, then china will want its pound of flesh. that pound of flesh would be mostly fish flesh. feeding a billion people requires alot of fish. chinese factory boats will drain our waters of the few remaining fish we have with no concern about the environmental consequences. thanks dubya! again you can't see the ramifications of your actions.