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Raul Castro (right) raises the hand of Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel at the closing session of the Cuban Communist Party's Eighth Congress in Havana on Monday. Diaz-Canel was elected first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee. ARIEL LEY ROYERO/ACN/ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING -- President Xi Jinping said Thursday that under the new circumstances, he is ready to work with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel to strengthen the guidance of the development direction of China-Cuba relations. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, told Diaz-Canel, also first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba...