China’s Latin American Power Play
January 16th, 2023
Via Foreign Affairs, an article on China’s rising influence in Latin America and ways the West can counter: China’s footprint in Latin America is large and growing. It is the region’s second-largest trade partner after the United States and the biggest sovereign lender to Latin American governments. Indeed, as a lender, China is overtaking long-standing […]
Read more »CPEC, Regional Connectivity And Afghan Stability
January 16th, 2023
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on CPEC, regional connectivity in Central Asia, And Afghan stability: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a centrepiece initiative of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). CPEC has evolved into an essential component of the BRI, connecting China’s western region to the rest of the world, including Central Asia. The BRI aspires […]
Read more »Uganda Turns To Turkey To Build Railway After Chinese Talks Collapse
January 15th, 2023
Via Quartz, a report that Uganda has turned to Turkey to build its railway after talks with Chinese firms fell through: Uganda has canceled all contractual work it signed with China Harbour Engineering Company to build a 273-kilometer standard gauge railway (SGR) from its border with Kenya to its capital in Kampala, after the project failed to kick off […]
Read more »The Future of Chinese Investment in Afghanistan
January 13th, 2023
Via STRATFOR World View (subscription required), analysis of the future of Chinese investment in Afghanistan: China will explore low-risk economic opportunities in Afghanistan in the short-to-medium term, providing modest economic and humanitarian relief for the Taliban-led government. On Jan. 5, the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan announced the signing of an oil extraction deal with a Chinese company […]
Read more »Chinese Workers On Africa’s Infrastructure Projects
January 11th, 2023
Via The Conversation, a report on Chinese workers on Africa’s infrastructure projects: China has rapidly become Africa’s most important infrastructure builder, and the footprint of Chinese construction companies is seen in cities, towns and villages across the continent. With the launch of Beijing’s “Go Global” policy in 2000, and President Xi Jinping’s Belt and […]
Read more »On China, Can Marcos Succeed Where Duterte Failed?
January 10th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, an article on whether the new Philippine president’s efforts to navigate relations with both the U.S. and China: Yesterday, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. flew to China for a three-day state visit aimed at advancing the two nations’ at times troubled bilateral relations. As The Associated Press reported, Marcos flew to Beijing with a […]
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.