China, Russia make inroads for Cuba railroads

When we first started ignoring and ultimately fighting with Cuba in the early 1960s, there was Russia. Remember that one? Within a couple years of the Cuban Revolution, the next thing Key Westers knew there was barbed wire and heavy guns pointing out to sea on Smathers Beach.

Well, as we all know, history has a tendency to repeat, perhaps not exactly, but it's not too difficult to imagine. Take a spin through the TV channels in Havana and you will see an inordinate amount of Chinese television programs. Why? I don't really know. Are there that many Chinese viewers in Havana? Sure, if you're brave enough to run the gauntlet of highly-aggressive restaurant hawkers in Havana's "Chinatown," you'll see your fair share of Sino-Cubans (I think that's a word), but beyond that, I've always wondered who was watching this stuff, other than me.