China Increasing Involvement in Haiti – China Confidential

From China Confidential blog:

More proof that the Monroe Doctrine is dead.Agents of state-owned Chinese companies are circling large land tracts in Haiti, the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. The Chinese want to use the land to grow jatropha, a hearty, drought-resistant, perennial plant that produces excellent feedstock oil for biodiesel fuel processing. [Full Text]