But can somebody explain to me why we have sanctions against Cuba but not China?
Simple, China didn't steal the factories and land from dozens of US corporations, not to mention position nukes 90 miles from Key West.
This bearded SOB isn't going to last forever, if it wasn't for JFK he would have been gone a long time ago.
When the GOP is in the White House he keeps a low profile (unless of course the idiot Carter wants to reprise his Mariel stupidity).
When Castro overthrew the Batista Government many Americans owned property in Cuba. Americans owned winter homes and vacation spots. Americans owned many businesses in Cuba. Americans owned sugar farms and plants. Americans kept bank accounts for the Cuban businesses they owned. The Cuban economy was one of the best in central America. They had encouraged American investment.
Castro took all that property and money for his own. He took the money Americans had in Cuban banks. Castro took all the property and businesses Amercians had in cuba. He refused to pay for them, or give them back. He still has not done so.
The Chinese never stole any of our citizens property. The opposed us in the cold war and supported North Korea. The Chinese are communists like the Russians were. They were not thieves. The Chinese did not steal our property and then tell us to go to hell when we wanted it back. Castro did and in return we put an embargo on Cuba.