The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Hard Reality Greets BRI’s Signature Initiative
April 5th, 2021
Via the Council on Foreign Relations, an article on how China’s Belt and Road Initiative’s flagship project in Pakistan is struggling to fulfill China’s hopes: During an April 2015 visit to Islamabad, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif unveiled the $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the Belt and Road Initiative’s (BRI) flagship […]
Read more »Dubai, The Business Capital of Africa?
April 5th, 2021
Via Middle East Eye, a report on Dubai’s growing relationship with Africa: For hundreds of years, the business capitals of Africa were in Europe – in London, Paris, Berlin and Lisbon. Despite decolonisation, money still flows from Africa to European financial hubs, but over the past decade business headquarters have geographically shifted. Not back to Africa, but […]
Read more »China’s Central Asian Rail Investment Does Not Add Up
April 1st, 2021
Via The Diplomat, a report on China’s modest investment in Central Asian railways: Much has been made of China’s Belt and Road policy and the supposed economic benefits for Central Asia. A case in point is the CR Express (China Rail Express) system of containerized intercontinental rail freight between China-Europe and China-Central Asia. Much media […]
Read more »Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.