China's Plan to Pay for a Secret Cuban Spy Base

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🗓️ 8 June 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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P.M. Edition for June 8. We report exclusively that China and Cuba have reached a secret agreement for China to set up a spy base on the island. National security reporter Warren Strobel has the details. Plus, some cancer treatments are changing, as doctors rethink aggressive approaches for some types of the disease. Health reporter Brianna Abbott explains what’s behind the shift. Annmarie Fertoli hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:14.8	China makes a deal with Cuba to host a secret spy base focused on the US, and the Supreme
0:26.5	Court blocks an Alabama voting map drawn by the GOP, plus some cancer treatments are
0:32.0	changing, with doctors rethinking aggressive approaches.
0:35.4	This is incredibly meaningful for patients who have started more frequently emphasizing
0:40.9	quality of life in their cancer care, especially because some patients now are living decades
0:46.6	after their treatment.
0:47.6	It's Thursday, June 8.
0:49.3	I'm Ann Marie for Toley for the Wall Street Journal.
0:51.7	This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that
0:55.6	moved the world today.
1:06.8	The Wall Street Journal has learned that China and Cuba have made an agreement for Beijing
1:10.8	to create a secret spy base on the island to focus on the US.
1:15.0	That's according to people familiar with highly classified intelligence, who say China
1:18.4	is paying Cuba several billion dollars to establish the eavesdropping facility.
1:22.7	Joining me now with more on what we've learned and what it means for US-China relations
1:26.6	is Wall Street Journal National Security Reporter Warren Strobel.
1:29.8	Warren, what potential spy could China do from this facility?
1:33.8	It's about 100 miles from Florida.
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