China’s Clouded Future in Afghanistan
February 22nd, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a report on China’s future in Afghanistan in light of Islamic State Khorasan Province: More than a year since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the country is now facing a new terrorist threat that is making it more risky and difficult for China to commit to the region. While the Islamic State […]
Read more »China Beats Tesla to Nigeria’s Lithium Riches
February 21st, 2023
Courtesy of Rest of World, a report on Chinese efforts to build Nigeria’s first lithium processing plant: Kaduna, a state in Nigeria, selected China’s Ming Xin Mineral Separation Nig Ltd. to build the country’s first lithium-processing plant. The move comes around five months after the Nigerian government said it had rejected Tesla’s proposal to purchase […]
Read more »China Tensions Boost Defense Industry At Philippines’ Subic Bay
February 21st, 2023
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on the growing business opportunity for Philippine entities looking to revive US defense industry activity: Rising tensions with China are creating a business opportunity for Philippine officials looking to revive U.S. defense industry activity at the former American naval base in Subic Bay. More than three decades after the withdrawal […]
Read more »‘Business As Unusual’: New Era In Ties Between China and Angola
February 21st, 2023
Courtesy of The South China Morning Post, a look at the growing China/Angola relationship: Beijing was a key player in the African country’s reconstruction after decades of civil war But the oil-backed loans that drove that recovery are ebbing as both nations look for other partners When Angolan President João Lourenço met Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang […]
Read more »China To Support Cambodia In Construction Of Sihanoukville SEZ
February 21st, 2023
Via Zawya, an article on China’s recent decision to support Cambodia construct a new SEZ: China will help the construction of Sihanoukville special economic zone (SEZ) in Cambodia, a report by the state-owned CGTN news channel said, citing President Xi Jinping. The 11-square-km Sihanoukville SEZ currently houses approximately 170 factories across the world with a […]
Read more »Mexico’s Lopez Obrador Accelerates Lithium Nationalization
February 21st, 2023
Courtesy of Reuters, a report that Mexico’s President Lopez Obrador has ordered his government to step up lithium nationalization Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Saturday signed a decree handing over responsibility for lithium reserves to the energy ministry, after nationalizing lithium deposits last April. During an event in Sonora, Lopez Obrador signed the decree […]
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.