Why the U.S. is Losing Africa to China and Russia
July 22nd, 2023
Courtesy of Modern Diplomacy, commentary on why the U.S. is Losing Africa to China and Russia: The presence of Chinese in Africa has generated differing debates about the real reason they are there. Some have suggested that Africa is on the verge of re-colonization. The real reason the Chinese are in Africa may have yet […]
Read more »Gulf – Central Asia Summit and the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative
July 21st, 2023
Via Modern Diplomacy, a look at the upcoming Gulf – Central Asia Summit and its connections with China’s BRI, which provide an important opportunity for China to connect Central Asia all through a large and wide network of roads and lines, such as: the highway crossing the Tianshan Mountains that connects China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, and […]
Read more »Saudi Aramco Acquires $3.4B Stake in a China Petrochemical Firm
July 21st, 2023
Via Al Monitor, a report that the world’s biggest oil exporter is making further inroads in China, Saudi Arabia’s top customer for crude: Saudi Aramco has acquired a 10% stake in China’s Rongsheng Petrochemical Co. Ltd. for 24.6 billion renminbi ($3.4 billion), through its subsidiary Aramco Overseas Company BV, based in the Netherlands, the world’s biggest […]
Read more »Angolan Airport Set to Become Symbol of BRI
July 20th, 2023
Via China Daily News, a report on China’s support of Angola’s aviation industry: Aviation Industry Corp of China, the nation’s leading aircraft maker that has sold many jets and helicopters to Africa, is helping an African nation build one of the largest airports on the continent. The Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport in Luanda, […]
Read more »Rich Lode of EV Metals Could Boost Taliban and its New Chinese Partners
July 20th, 2023
Courtesy of The Washington Post, an article on how the Pentagon dubbed Afghanistan ‘the Saudi Arabia of lithium’ but, now, it is American rivals that are angling to exploit those coveted reserves: Sayed Wali Sajid spent years fighting American soldiers in the barren hills and fertile fields of the Pech River Valley, one of the […]
Read more »After Years of Cynicism, Foreign Investors Now Favoring India over China
July 20th, 2023
Via Forbes India, a report on how the tide of foreign investments has turned as investors pull out of China stocks and turn to India and global emerging market ETFs, excluding China, for better long-term returns: Many domestic investment managers have traditionally—for nearly three deacdes—faced unfounded scepticism as foreign investors fancied China over India for […]
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.