How China’s US$900 Million Port Deal in Angola Shows its Dominance over US Interests
August 4th, 2026
Via South China Morning Post, a look at how – as Washington eyes the nation’s critical minerals and invests in a strategic rail project, Beijing leads in strengthening its supply chain: On the South Atlantic coastline, Angola stands out as rare ground on which the United States has been willing to vie with China for influence […]
Read more »Myanmar’s Depleted Oil Pipeline
August 4th, 2026
Via The Diplomat, a report on a cross-border energy project dealing with the impact of two conflicts: An oil pipeline carrying imported crude from Myanmar to China is facing a two-front crisis: armed conflict at home and a maritime blockade overseas. The pipeline is connected to a crude oil terminal built to accommodate large tankers transporting fuel […]
Read more »Can China Protect Its Red Sea Investments Without Taking Sides?
July 31st, 2026
Via The Africa Report, a look at how – from Port Sudan to Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone – Beijing’s expanding footprint is reshaping one of the world’s most strategic maritime corridors. But analysts say its growing economic clout is making political neutrality increasingly difficult to sustain. Few waterways are as strategically important or as […]
Read more »China’s Next South Asian Corridor May Begin in Bangladesh
July 29th, 2026
Via the Lowy Institute, a look at Beijing’s plans for an economic link from Yunnan via Myanmar to Bangladesh – leaving the door ajar for India to join later. China has revived an old South Asian regional connectivity idea, but with a different starting point. During Bangladeshi Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s visit to Beijing in […]
Read more »See What It’s Like To Use a North Korean Smartphone Under Kim Jong Un
July 27th, 2026
A very interesting piece in the Washington Post shows just how much North Korea is changing: smartphone apps are proliferating, with apps for e-banking, health, and people able to even stream movies like Aladdin, Toy Story, and Frozen on state-sponsored apps. People in North Korea can’t access the internet. But that hasn’t stopped a meaningful […]
Read more »Türkiye–PRC Railway Partnership Bolsters Middle Corridor
July 26th, 2026
Via Jamestown, a look at how Türkiye and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are working to improve transportation logistics and infrastructure to advance trans-Eurasian trade and connectivity through the Middle Corridor and the One Belt, One Road initiative: Türkiye and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are working to improve transportation logistics and infrastructure […]
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.