Castro is still largely immobile after a fall last month (basic swan dive)China has agreed to invest $500m (£268m) in Cuba's nickel industry as leaders of the two communist nations met to forge closer relations. The deal was one of several made during a visit to the island by Chinese President Hu Jintao.
"Cuba is one of China's largest
The agreement confirms the close ties between the two countries, strengthened since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Mr Hu met Cuban leader Fidel Castro, still in a wheelchair after breaking his knee and arm in a fall in October, behind closed doors in Havana's Palace of the Revolution.