Beijing to Bangkok Train Just a Few Links from Reality
August 20th, 2024
Via Asia Times, a report on a Belt and Road Initiative-backed train connecting China to mainland Southeast Asia which is finally nearly done after years of delays and resistance: A Bangkok to Beijing train journey became one clickity-clack link closer with the completion by Thailand and Laos of a Mekong River railway bridge and tracks […]
Read more »Flexing its Muscle, Turkey Is Spreading Its Influence in Africa
August 20th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on Turkey’s growing influence in Africa: Ankara to begin searching for oil off Somalia’s coastline Turkish drones have been sold to at least 11 African countries Turkey, seeking to extend its influence in Africa and strengthen energy security, will send the 86-meter long research vessel Oruc Reis to explore offshore oil […]
Read more »Global Trade Needs a China Alternative. India Needs Better Ports.
August 20th, 2024
Via the New York Times, a report on how efforts to build new ports and expand existing docks could determine whether India emerges as a legitimate option for global factory production: The Rishiri Galaxy, a Panamian-flagged tanker one and a half times the length of a football field, sat tethered to the dock on a […]
Read more »Morocco Attracts New Chinese Mega EV Battery Project
August 19th, 2024
Via The North Africa Post, a report on a new Chinese battery investment in Morocco: Morocco’s electric vehicle battery ecosystem is gaining momentum with the announcement of a new $363.5 million investment to be injected by China’s BTR New Material Group in its second plant to be built in Mohammed VI Tangier Tech City. In […]
Read more »Egypt’s New Capital City To Get $1 Billion Hydrogen-Powered Skyscraper
August 19th, 2024
Via Newsweek, a report on a planned new hydrogen-powered skyscraper in Egypt’s new capital city: Egypt’s new capital city is getting a $1 billion skyscraper which will be powered by clean hydrogen, according to the Saudi-controlled real estate firm that’s building it. The temporarily named New Administrative Capital (NAC), initiated by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, […]
Read more »Taliban and China Restart Copper Project
August 19th, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on the Taliban and its Chinese partner restarting the controversial Mes Aynak copper project: A copper-mining project in Afghanistan finally got off the ground last month after a delay of over 16 years, but critics worry that a lack of independent supervision could lead to widespread pollution and the destruction […]
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.