China Piles the Pressure on India in Its Own Backyard
March 12th, 2025
Via Bloomberg, a report on Diego Garcia, a remote Indian Ocean island nearly 2,000 miles from the East African coast, boasts clear-blue waters, pristine beaches — and a US-UK military base at the heart of the great-power chess match involving the US, China and India. The British territory in the Chagos Archipelago – which has […]
Read more »Mapping China’s Strategic Port Development in Africa
March 12th, 2025
Via the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, a look at how Chinese firms are present in over a quarter of all African port developments, some of which could be used for expanded Chinese naval presence on the continent: Chinese state-owned firms are active stakeholders in an estimated 78 ports across 32 African countries as builders, […]
Read more »Is China’s Growing Zimbabwe Alliance Key To Its Bigger Plans For Southern Africa?
February 28th, 2025
Via South China Morning Post, a look at how Beijing is betting on resources, labour and long ties to makes Zimbabwe a major steel hub, and a strategic foothold in the region, experts say In Beitbridge, a border town in southern Zimbabwe, a mega industrial park that will eventually produce electricity, chromium-based materials and steel […]
Read more »How Afghanistan Can Benefit from China’s Investments
February 26th, 2025
Via The Diplomat, a report on how a strategic relationship with China could end Afghanistan’s isolation through economic cooperation and ensure stability through strategic engagement: Although China has not yet officially recognized the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, it has been steadily deepening ties with them. Its efforts to strengthen diplomatic and economic ties have intensified […]
Read more »China And The Chocolate Factory: Investment In Cote d’Ivoire Sweetens China’s Access To Cocoa Market
February 24th, 2025
Via South China Morning Post, a look at China’s impact on the cocoa market: In the heart of West Africa, where the world’s finest cocoa beans are cultivated, Chinese investment has built new processing factories in Ivory Coast and Ghana. On the outskirts of Abidjan, Ivory Coast’s economic capital, China Light Industry Nanning Design Engineering […]
Read more »Belarus: A Strategic Point For China’s Belt and Road Initiative
February 24th, 2025
Via Blue Europe, a report on Belarus, a strategic point to China’s BRI: 1. Introduction At the moment, the EU and China are each other’s largest trading partners (Leali, 2020). In particular, in 2022, China accounted for around 9 percent of goods exports of the entire EU and 20 percent of the EU good imports […]
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.