Chinese Exodus Leaves Cambodia Boomtown with 500 ‘Ghost Buildings’
April 14th, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, a look at how Sihanoukville has been saddled with unfinished projects due to casino clampdown and COVID: An exodus of Chinese real estate companies has left this Cambodian seaside resort littered with hundreds of half-finished projects. The concrete skeleton of one of these buildings stands on a piece of land owned by […]
Read more »$1.7 Billion Cambodian Canal Project Draws Increasing Scrutiny
April 12th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a report on the China-backed Techo Funan Canal, which will connect the Mekong River to the country’s coast, has given rise to environmental and security concerns: The governments of Vietnam and the United States are calling for greater transparency over a $1.7-billion canal project that is being built by a Chinese state-owned […]
Read more »Top Emerging Markets for Investment in 2024
April 6th, 2024
Via Visual Capitalist, an interesting graphical look at the top emerging markets in 2024: Foreign direct investment (FDI) refers to the investment made by individuals, companies, or entities from one country into businesses, assets, or ventures located in another country. FDI plays a pivotal role in global economic development, as it facilitates capital flows, fosters […]
Read more »Cambodia Getting A China-Backed, Game-Changing Canal
April 4th, 2024
Courtesy of Asia Times, an article on the Funan Techo Canal which will allow Cambodia to bypass Vietnam for its international trade and pull it even tighter into Beijing’s sphere of influence: Cambodia wants to divert Southeast Asia’s Mekong River into a planned US$1.7 billion, Chinese-financed shipping canal to reach a deep-sea port at Kep […]
Read more »Cambodia to Divert Mekong Trade via China-Built Ccanal, Vexing Vietnam
March 12th, 2024
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, a report on a planned Phnom Penh-coast link which is raising alarms amid regional influence tussle From his house on the banks of the Mekong River, an hour from Phnom Penh, Mao Sarin can watch ships laden with containers chug by on their way to Vietnam and the giant river delta. […]
Read more »Cambodia’s Airport Dreams Stall as Chinese Money Dries Up
February 23rd, 2024
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, an update on Cambodia’s Chinese-funded airport dreams: For years, an airport has been slated for construction in Cambodia’s Mondulkiri province, but all that exists are concrete fence posts across the razed farmlands of an indigenous community, cleared for a runway that may never get built. Remote Mondulkiri was an odd choice […]
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.