YouTube's favorite polyglot interviewed world leaders in their native languages – Tubefilter

Arieh Smith uses his impressive language skills to impress vendors and passersby in New York City. Thanks to Google, the man known as Xiaoma got the chance to take his shtick from the streets to the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand. That was the location of the APEC forum, where creators like Xiaoma and Saranee Sanguanruang of LDA World interviewed world leaders. APEC, which stands for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, is an annual gathering of politicians and executives from around the world. Attendees of the 2022 forum included Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Though Xiaoma didn’t get a chance to speak with those heavyweights, he did chat with power players from Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia, as well as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. As per usual, he wowed the foreign dignitaries by conversing with them in their native languages. Subscribe for daily Tubefilter Top StoriesSubscribe In a video posted about a month before his Thailand trip, Xiaoma explained that YouTube provided him with security clearance, flights, and a film crew in order to facilitate his interviews. He was the only American creator to be granted that opportunity, though several Thai videomakers also attended APEC on YouTube’s dime.
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