Chinese president Hu Jintao with Cuban president Fidel Castro in Havana, Cuba, in November 2004. Photo: AP
Fidel Castro’s part in shaping China’s economic link with Venezuela revealed by former bank governor
- Chen Yuan, then governor of the China Development Bank, met the Cuban leader during a visit by Chinese president Hu Jintao to Cuba in 2004
- A meeting with then Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez followed, leading to more than US$67 billion being loaned to the Latin American country since 2005
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Chinese president Hu Jintao with Cuban president Fidel Castro in Havana, Cuba, in November 2004. Photo: AP