Why A Chinese Ship’s Arrival In Sri Lanka Caused Alarm In India and The West
August 20th, 2022
Via NPR, an article on why a Chinese ship’s arrival in Sri Lanka has caused alarm in India and the West: It all began 20 years ago, when China loaned Sri Lanka more than $1 billion to build a fancy new port — what would become its second-largest — on its southern coast. The Hambantota […]
Read more »Afghanistan Shows The Limits of China’s Belt and Road
August 20th, 2022
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on China’s challenges in engaging Afghanistan: A decade ago, Peking University international studies professor Wang Jisi set the conceptual foundation for what would become the Belt and Road Initiative with an essay called “Marching Westwards.” In it, Wang decried the excessive focus of Chinese foreign policy on Washington and the Asia-Pacific […]
Read more »Uzbekistan and China Push Bilateral Relations To New Level
August 19th, 2022
Via Times of Central Asia, a report on growing relations between Uzbekistan and China: China and Uzbekistan on August 18 pledged to strengthen bilateral cooperation in various fields and boost bilateral relations, Xinhua news agency reported. The two sides held the sixth meeting of the China-Uzbekistan intergovernmental cooperation committee via video link. The meeting was […]
Read more »China Funds Solomon Islands’ Telecoms Deal After Signing Security Deal
August 19th, 2022
Courtesy of the Financial Times, a report on China’s investment into the Solomon Islands’ telecoms sector: China’s Huawei has signed a deal to build 161 telecoms towers across the Solomon Islands in a sign of strengthening ties between the Pacific nation and Beijing just months after they agreed a controversial security deal. China signed a security […]
Read more »UAE Firm To Invest Billions In Emerging Markets
August 18th, 2022
Via Bloomberg, a report on a UAE firm’s aggressive investment plans for select emerging markets: International Holding Co. plans to invest billions of dollars in markets including Indonesia, Colombia, Turkey and India as the United Arab Emirates firm controlled by the country’s national security adviser steps up its breakneck expansion. IHC, the UAE’s most valuable listed […]
Read more »Egypt: Sisi’s House of Cards?
August 18th, 2022
Via Foreign Policy, commentary on the Egyptian President’s spending on projects of questionable value while his people are suffering: On Sunday, a horrific fire at a Coptic church in greater Cairo’s Imbaba neighborhood killed 41 people, including 18 children. It was the latest in a string of disasters that have recently befallen Egyptians. Since January 2021, Egypt has […]
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.