Cuba is a Caribbean island nation.
古巴是一个位于加勒比海的岛国。
Havana is the capital and largest city of
Cuba.
哈瓦那是古巴的首都和最大城市。
The
Cuban Revolution took place in 1959.
古巴革命发生于1959年。
Ernest Hemingway's novel "The Old Man and the Sea" is set in
Cuba.
欧内斯特·海明威的小说《老人与海》以古巴为背景。
Cuba has a rich cultural heritage, including salsa dancing.
古巴拥有丰富的文化遗产，如萨尔萨舞。
The country is known for its tobacco production, particularly Havana cigars.
古巴以烟草生产著名，尤其是哈瓦那雪茄。
Cubans have faced economic challenges since the U.S. embargo.
自美国禁运以来，古巴人民面临着经济困难。
The Malecón promenade is a popular spot along the Havana coastline.
马列孔海滨大道是哈瓦那海岸线上的热门景点。
Tourism is a significant source of income for
Cuba.
旅游业是古巴的重要收入来源。
The
Cuban Missile Crisis was a major Cold War confrontation between the U.S. and
Cuba.
古巴导弹危机是美苏冷战期间的一次重大对抗。
Cuba aims to bring more products to the Chinese e-commerce platform JD.
古巴的目标是为中国电子商务平台京东带来更多产品。
"Exports to China will very much contribute to Cuba's economic growth as well as to attract hard currencies for the country," she said during a special presentation of Cuban products by the Chinese e-commerce platform JD.
“对中国的出口将在很大程度上促进古巴的经济增长，并为该国吸引硬通货，”她在中国电子商务平台京东对古巴产品的特别介绍中表示。
com enabled Cuba to increase honey, rum and coffee exports, among other benefits.
com使古巴能够增加蜂蜜、朗姆酒和咖啡的出口，以及其他好处。
Chinese Ambassador to Cuba Ma Hui said at the event that e-commerce is a platform for China and Cuba to continue to deepen bilateral cooperation.
中国驻古巴大使马辉在活动中表示，电子商务是中古两国继续深化双边合作的平台。
"In 2011, for example, JPMorgan Chase paid $88.3 million in fines for violating US sanctions against Cuba, Iran and Sudan.
"In 2011, for example, JP Morgan Chase paid $88.3 million in fines in 2011 for violating US sanctions against Cuba, Iran and Sudan.
After playing a pioneering role in Cuba, Chinese companies are showcasing their advanced technologies at the 17th International Convention and Fair in Havana.
GRG Banking of China, a participant in the fair, is not only a leading ATM supplier in China but a market leader in Cuba as well.
Vickey Li, GRG's sales manager for the Americas, told Xinhua that they have sold their machines to the Central Bank of Cuba.
"In the future we intend to offer Cuba a debit and credit card dispensing machine to make the work of banks and the lives of citizens more efficient," she said.
Haier has been in Cuba for more than 10 years.
In 2012, Cuba agreed to adopt the Chinese digital television standard.
"This makes Cuba the country with the fastest growth in the development of digital television in the region," Zhang said.
In line with China's good political and economic relations with Cuba, Zhang said Haier will continue to boost cooperation with Cuba in new technologies.
"We hope Cuba's economy gets better, pushing forward bilateral trade, political and cultural exchanges, and through our high-tech products or cooperation in outputting standards," he said.
HAVANA — China's flagship airline, Air China, opened on Thursday a commercial office in Cuba to boost tourism cooperation between the two nations and the Caribbean area.
In a ceremony chaired by China's ambassador to Cuba Chen Xi and Air China's general manager in Cuba Zhang Xin, the office opened to facilitate travel between the Cuban capital and Beijing through the direct flight which has been operating since the end of 2015.
"The Air China brand has been increasingly popular in Cuba and the Caribbean countries.
He introduced that since the inaugural flight of Air China to Cuba about 24,000 travelers of different nationalities have chosen to take this airline.
"This direct flight has played an important role in facilitating personal exchanges between China and Cuba as well as Latin America.
"Cuba has very attractive natural resources for Chinese tourists, very warm people, as well as a picturesque landscape, blue seas and fine beaches," he said.
Chen said that cooperation in tourism and air transport will have great potential and good prospects due to the interest of Chinese travelers to know Cuba and different Caribbean nations.
With a duration of almost 20 hours of flight and a technical stop in Montreal, Canada, Air China's flight to Cuba is the only direct link between China and the Caribbean region.
In the outskirts of Havana, the capital of Cuba, China's multinational consumer electronics and home appliances company Haier helped Cuba establish its first ever computer-assembly factory.
Since its inauguration in December, over 3,500 laptops and 4,000 tablets have been made and sold to Cuba's state companies and government agencies.
China's IT technology and equipment providers in Cuba need more support from the Chinese government, just like the US administration helps their providers there, according to Haier.
Yutong has carried out production and technology cooperation with countries including Myanmar, Pakistan, Iran and Cuba, and auto parts from Yutong can be assembled in those countries.
Bilateral trade between China and Cuba, the first Latin American and Caribbean country to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China, surged 7.2 percent year-on-year in 2021.
During the first three quarters of this year, China's imports from Cuba increased 18 percent year-on-year.
Chinese modernization, which was pursued on the path of peaceful development, will inject more positive energy into improving global governance, said Eduardo Regalado, a senior researcher at the International Policy Research Center of Cuba.
In this regard, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Chile, the Republic of Cuba, the Republic of Indonesia as G20 presidency in 2022, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and the Republic of Serbia jointly propose the Initiative of International Cooperation on Resilient and Stable Industrial and Supply Chains, with the support by the Republic of Argentina, as follows.
In Cuba, Moringa seeds gifted by China have grown into tangible fruits for the local people, enriching their daily diet.
Cuba will be bringing a suite of new exhibits - both physical goods and intangible assets - to the fourth China International Import Expo, a fair that "offers an excellent platform to showcase the country", a Cuban diplomat said on Tuesday.
Cuba, which has participated in every edition of the CIIE, will be introducing its honey and charcoal to this year's event, which is scheduled for November.
Other products include local specialties like rum, cigar and lobsters, said Nestor Enrique Torres Olivera, consul-general of the Republic of Cuba in Shanghai.
The consul-general noted that one of the most promising sectors for mutual cooperation between China and Cuba is the biopharmaceutical field.
Those countries are Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Laos, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kenya, South Africa, Russia, Switzerland, Hungary, New Zealand, Fiji, Cuba and Argentina.
Three months after being put into service, the four 12-railcar Chinese-built trains have carried around a quarter of a million Cubans along the key route linking the easternmost town of the southeast province of Guantanamo with Cuba's capital Havana.
"Since the launch of the new national trains on July 13, 233,107 passengers have been transported," said Luis Roses, director of the Business Division at Cuba's National Passenger Trains company.
Long, narrow and mostly flat, Cuba is ideally suited to rail systems.
The Caribbean island was the first country in Latin America, and one of the first in the world, to have rail service beginning in 1837 with a 27-km line built to serve Cuba's sugar industry.
As part of a program to modernize Cuba's aging railway network, the four Chinese trains are now offering nationwide service to the local people, and more and more Cubans have relied on these trains as their key means of cross-country transportation.
Thanks to a soft loan from China payable over 15 years, Cuba purchased a total of 240 railcars, which are to be delivered in batches of 80 each year through 2021.
Each train, built particularly to meet local conditions and needs, as well as international transportation standards, can accommodate up to 720 passengers, a feature new to Cuba.
Zhao Jun, vice-president of the China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation (CMC), the manufacturer of the new trains, said the company has been working with Cuba's Ministry of Transportation for several years to help modernize Cuba's rail system.
"We are willing to help Cuba modernize the system and improve the quality of the country's transportation," said Zhao.
CMC has also provided spare parts, specialized equipment for repairs and technical assistance to Cuba.
Even globally, TCM is gradually entering the international medical system, and is registered in many countries and regions such as Russia, Cuba, Vietnam, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates.
In November 2018, 100 high-powered YTO tractors were directly transported from Luoyang to Qingdao Port by rail-sea transit services and then reached Cuba.
It was the importance of science and technology for the future of China, Cuba and the world, and also the role the BRI can play," the scientist said.
The second important moment in his life came when former Cuban leader Fidel Castro gave Valdes-Sosa and his twin brother the responsibility of developing new techniques to diagnose neurological disorders in both Cuba and Latin America.
Yolanda Cuba, vice president for the southern and east African region of MTN Group, thanked Huawei and other partners for making the launch become a reality.
It is the first joint venture of its kind between China and Cuba, Wei Yunpu, director of the Chinese company, told Xinhua.
"There are many old vehicles in Cuba, which makes it difficult for people to buy car parts," he said.
Chinese car maker Guangzhou Automobile Group Motor (GAC Motor) on Wednesday presented its vehicles to a tourism-related company in Cuba as part of the broad economic and commercial cooperation between the two nations.
At a ceremony held at the National Hotel of Cuba, Fu Jinhai, assistant general manager of GAC Motor, presented the GA8 and GS4 cars which will join the fleet of local car-rental company Transtur belonging to the island country's Ministry of Tourism.
In his speech, Fu said it is an honor for Chinese companies, like GAC Motor, to be selected to supply these products to Cuba.
"We wish to contribute to Cuba's economic construction alongside its people.
By bringing China's highest level auto brand to Cuba, we want to demonstrate the achievements of China's reform and opening up," said Fu.
That is why we decided to propose to the Ministry of Tourism authorities to introduce the brand in Cuba and test out its performance," he told Xinhua.
Cuba now has purchased more and more Chinese-made cars.
In this regard, Jose Daniel Alonso, development director of Cuba's Ministry of Tourism, said these new ventures revealed a process of consolidation in the joint work between the two countries.
Today around 70 percent of the cars and buses deployed in the tourist sector in Cuba are of Chinese origin," he added.
Also present at the ceremony was Chinese ambassador to Cuba Chen Xi, who expressed his delectation at the introduction of the brand to the island country as a sign of bilateral wide-ranging symbiotic economic and commercial ties.
"With the high-end coach we hope to help upgrade tourist buses in Cuba and with the hybrid-powered one, we hope to make our contribution to energy saving and environmental protection in Cuba," he said.
"The initial cost for a pure electric bus is relatively high and it does not suit Cuba specifically.
Since the first batch of 12 buses in 2005, Yutong has sold more than 6,800 units in Cuba, occupying 70 percent of the local market.
Notably, top leaders of Cuba and Brazil have both called for cutting dependence on the dollar, after Saudi Arabia indicated its openness to trading in currencies other than the greenback for the first time in 48 years.
In Latin American, the President of Cuba and President of the country's National Assembly have both affirmed their country's unwavering support for the one-China principle, condemning any interference in China's internal affairs.
Ruvislei Gonzalez, head of the Asia and Oceania team and member of the Scientific Council at the Research Center of International Policy, Cuba, said the CPC's education campaign will help establish collective efforts among all its members and allow them to better understand the changing times and the transformation of the domestic and international situations.
Noting that the former Chinese leader visited Cuba in 1993 at a time when the island country was experiencing terrible difficulties, Martinez said Jiang's trip made a significant contribution to developing the warm relations that exist to this day between the two socialist countries.
The diplomats represented Russia, Cuba, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Tajikistan, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina, Panama, Dominica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Tonga, the Federated States of Micronesia, Solomon Islands, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Sweden, Iceland, Latvia, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Czech Republic, Spain, Estonia, Poland, Greece, Cyprus, Slovenia, Belgium, Norway, Albania, New Zealand, Canada, and other countries.
The diplomats, from countries including Russia, Cuba, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, Tonga, the Solomon Islands, Germany and New Zealand, spoke highly of Jiang's important contributions to promoting bilateral relations as well as regional and world peace and development, according to the Foreign Ministry.
Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Cuban president, sent condolences to the Chinese people, the Communist Party of China and the Chinese government over the passing of Jiang, saying that he was a dear friend of the Cuban revolution.
Jiang was an outstanding statesman and communist leader, as well as a close friend of the Cuban Revolution, said Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Cuban president, adding that Cuba expressed its deepest condolences to the Communist Party of China (CPC), the Chinese government and people.
- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, who is also the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, on Friday in Beijing.
China and Cuba enjoy a profound traditional friendship and have always been committed to mutual trust and close coordination, Li said, adding that China has always attached great importance to developing China-Cuba ties and will continue, as always, to support Cuba in pursuing a development path suited to its national conditions.
China is willing to make joint efforts with Cuba to intensify high-level exchanges, expand pragmatic cooperation in various fields, and will continue to support each other on issues of core interests and major concerns to push for new progress in China-Cuba ties, Li said.
He noted that China is ready to strengthen the synergy of development strategies and exchange of governance experience with Cuba, and will continue to provide assistance and support to Cuba within its capacity.
Diaz-Canel thanked China for providing strong support to Cuba in safeguarding national sovereignty and independence, working for economic and social development and fighting the epidemic.
- China's top legislator Li Zhanshu met with Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Cuban president, on Friday.
Noting that China and Cuba are good friends, good comrades and good brothers that share weal and woe together, Li, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, said China firmly supports Cuba in its efforts to defend its sovereignty and independence and oppose foreign interference.
China is ready to work with Cuba to fully implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, to further advance relations between the two countries and parties, Li added.
Li also said that the NPC is willing to further enhance exchanges and cooperation with Cuba's legislature to provide legal guarantees for bilateral cooperation in all fields.
Diaz-Canel said Cuba is willing to see China achieves national rejuvenation through Chinese modernization and hopes to further deepen friendly cooperation with China in various fields.