Gwadar Protest Leader Warns Chinese To Leave Key Belt and Road Port
December 24th, 2022
Via NikkeiAsia, a report on how the Pakistani government faces increasingly confrontational local rights movement to China’s BRI investment: A protest leader in the Pakistani port town of Gwadar, a key hub for China’s Belt and Road Initiative, has warned Chinese citizens to leave by Thursday — turning up the heat on a federal government already […]
Read more »US Must ‘Play Catch-Up’ To China’s Investment In Africa
December 23rd, 2022
Via the South China Morning Post, an article on the growing US/China investment “race” in Africa: The US is “having to play catch-up” against China when it comes to investment in Africa, an official in President Joe Biden’s administration said on Monday, just ahead of a high-profile gathering of African leaders in Washington. American companies considering Africa […]
Read more »Combating Chinese Dual-Use Infrastructure: Bringing In the Private Sector
December 23rd, 2022
Via the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), commentary on the role of the private sector in US efforts to counter China’s global infrastructure infuence: The United States has historically enjoyed immense strategic advantages in the Western Hemisphere. The mostly democratic character of the region; the deeply embedded cultural, linguistic, geographic, and historical links; […]
Read more »Tanzania Signs $2.2bln Railway Deal With China
December 23rd, 2022
Via Terra Daily, a report on Tanzania’s recent $2.2bln railway deal with China: Tanzania on Tuesday signed a $2.2-billion contract with a Chinese company to build the final section of a railway line aimed at linking the country’s main port with its neighbours. The 2,561-kilometre (1,600-mile) line will link the Indian Ocean port of Dar es […]
Read more »Why India Can’t Replace China
December 16th, 2022
Via Foreign Affairs, commentary on some of the barriers to India’s next economic boom: With China’s status as the “workshop of the world” marred by rising political risks, slowing growth, and increasingly untenable “zero COVID” policies, no country seems more poised to benefit than India. In May, The Economist ran a cover story about India, asking whether […]
Read more »A Korean Trajectory for China?
December 15th, 2022
Via Project Syndicate, interesting commentary on potential economic similarities between Korea and China: China is perhaps the most notable recent case of simultaneous economic growth and increasing authoritarianism. But South Korea’s recent history shows how a vibrant economy can lead to the emergence of a large middle class – and, with it, demands for democratization. SEOUL […]
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.