Suez Closure Brightens the Future of China’s New Silk Road
June 12th, 2021
Via Jamestown Foundation, a look at how the recent Suez closure brightened the future of China’s New Silk Road: On March 23, the 240,000-ton, 1,312 feet long (399 meters) Panama-flagged MV container ship Ever Given, drawing 47 ft 7 in (14.5 meters) and carrying 20,000 containers from China’s Yantian International Container Terminal in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province […]
Read more »China’s Economic Interest In Afghanistan After The U.S Withdrawal
June 7th, 2021
Via Modern Diplomacy, a report on China’s economic interest in Afghanistan: As a large and emerging peaceful power, China needs peace and stability in its neighborhood. Because uncertainty has negative effects on Afghanistan, while the emergence and realization of the “Chinese Dream 2050” requires a peaceful and stable Afghanistan. Afghanistan has long faced serious terrorism […]
Read more »China’s Success will Lead to Central Asia’s Success
June 5th, 2021
Via Belt and Road News, an article on China’s BRI impact on Central Asia: The issue of global connectivity in many regions is a matter of survival and development. Central Asia does not have access to the sea and is one of the least connected regions in the world. That is why we were very […]
Read more »Yunnan: The Powerhouse of China’s Opening-up to South & Southeast Asia
May 24th, 2021
Via Belt and Road News, an article on China’s Yunnan Province: Yunnan is located at one of the seven geographical zones of China, Southwest China, covering mainly mountains and plateaus with a rich resource reserve, huge industrial potential and complicated landforms. Along high mountains and big rivers, Yunnan has a relatively long borderline, with 25 […]
Read more »Boten: The Renaissance of Laos’s Golden City
May 19th, 2021
Via The Diplomat, an article on the one-time casino boom town on the Laos-China border is on the rise again, powered by billions in Chinese investment: A thick morning mist covers the empty buildings as Lao workers lazily walk towards construction sites and Chinese businessmen, waiting for noodle soup, frantically shout into their mobile phone. […]
Read more »Tracking the Digital Component of the BRI in Central Asia: Kazakhstan
May 19th, 2021
Via Jamestown Foundation, an article on the Digital Silk Road and its influence in Kazakhstan: This is the second of a three-part series describing the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) growing digital presence in Central Asia—part of a larger project commonly referred to as the Digital Silk Road (DSR, ??????, shuzi sichou zhi lu) that supplements […]
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.