Cuba needs all sorts of infrastructure improvements, but none of them is as politically thorny as Internet access.
Google and other U.S. tech companies, with the endorsement of the U.S. government, want to provide that infrastructure, but the Cuban government is wary of Americans bearing advanced technology gifts. Instead, it may turn to an old partner it knows better: China.
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This article originally appeared on Recode.net.
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