China's Influence Seen From The Eyes Of Esteban Colberto

Interesting things are happening in China these days. While the rioting goes on and there are lot of reports of excessive violence against the Tibetan rioters, the world seems to be silent. Does that surprise anyone? Well, if you look at the world the way it has changed in last 20 years, it would probably make a lot of sense. To be able to talk about China these days really requires a lot of guts. China has followed a very aggressive foreign policy in recent years and a lot could be attributed to the power vacuum that exists today because of the mess in which America finds itself in Iraq. This open ended commitment to the occupation has means that any opposition from America to what China does really does not have any teeth. No wonder, China has been able to carve some very strongly oasis of influence around the world: Asia Pacific region, Latin America and regimes like the one in Iran, Sudan, Nigeria and Venezuela.

Chinese have gone around the world looking for natural resources to fuel their economy. That means a lot of investment in Latin America either in countries that see China as a counter balance to American influence or a country like Brazil, which is the largest producer of iron ore around the world. Esteban Colberto( Spanish alter ego of Stephen Colbert) points this fact in his own humorous way...check out the embedded video.