Chinese people living in Cuba react to the plane situation

April 9 1. Mid shot of Chinatown and people walking 2. Restaurant signs written in Chinese 3. Wide of Chinatown entrance 4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Leandro Chu, 70, Cuban of Chinese descent "Well, I suppose they should do it (apologise) as a minimum show of respect, in the least for the family of the deceased pilot, plus I think they have offended the nation, because this is their territory and nobody has the right to invade your own territory." April 10 5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Leon Choy, 64, Chinese newspaper journalist "China demands that the U-S at least gives some kind of explanation. Until now, as I understand, that is where things stand. Because, whichever way you look at it, they violated the territorial sovereignty of China and the least they can do is apologise. That is what I think, that is my personal opinion." 6. Wide shot of Chinese investment in new hotel Mirama Malecon 7. Various close ups of Chinese-financed hotel April 9 8. SOUNDBITE: (Cantonese) Alfonso Chow, Chinese community spokesman (approximate translation) "We hope that this visit by President Jiang Zemin will strengthen links between Cuba and China and long may this friendship last between the two countries, China and Cuba". 9. Various of Chinatown STORYLINE: Chinese Cubans are getting ready for the arrival of Chinese President Jiang Zemin on April 12. The president will arrive amid mounting U-S-Chinese tensions over a recent spy plane collision. U-S President George W. Bush called the impasse with China a "stalemate" for the first time on Tuesday, as U-S diplomats awaited China's reply to a new formula for ending the impasse. Jiang, making a six-nation tour of Latin America, said China's position was "sufficiently clear" as he stood by earlier demands that the United States apologise for the crash of a Chinese jet. The United States has refused to apologise. Cuban President Fidel Castro has insisted that China cannot be easily intimidated, despite what the Cuban leader suggested was U-S nostalgia for the Cold War. Chinese-Cubans appear to generally agree with Castro about the plane incident. This will be President Jiang's second visit to Cuba. He last visited in 1993. The Chinese president was personally invited to visit by President Fidel Castro, who traveled to Beijing in 1995, Cuba's Prensa Latina news agency said. Relations have warmed in recent years between Beijing and Havana. Cuba traditionally had a much closer relationship with the former Soviet Union, which collapsed a decade ago. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/e71c87904794710bd39cd6d8ecc2a578 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork