Xinjiang: Rising Tech Hub on Belt & Road
July 8th, 2021
Via Belt and Road News, an interesting article on Xinjiang: Among a display of satin brocades now worn with age, a 2,200-year-old silk arm protector lies quietly in a dusky glass case in Xinjiang Museum. It is a dapple of indigo and gold, with eight Chinese characters woven in perfect harmony. Literally meaning “Five stars […]
Read more »Is China’s ‘Global Energy Internet’ Plan Growing In Power?
July 4th, 2021
Via South China Morning Press, an article on China’s Global Energy Internet plan: Ever since President Xi Jinping pitched the idea of a “global energy internet” to the United Nations six years ago, China has been trying to persuade the world to build the high-voltage highways that would form its backbone. That plan to wrap […]
Read more »Cuba Is Making Its Own Smartphone – With China’s Help
June 14th, 2021
Via Vice, a report on Cuba’s efforts to make its own smartphone: The Cuban government is gearing up to produce what almost every Cuban wants – unless it’s made in Cuba. A new smartphone. The project is part of Cuba’s attempt to catch up to the tech revolution — although on its singular terms. In […]
Read more »Turkmenistan Says China Gas Pipeline Debt Paid Off
June 14th, 2021
Via Oil Gas Daily, a report that Turkmenistan says its debt to China for its gas pipeline has been paid in full: Turkmenistan’s autocrat leader said that his country’s debts to China for a multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline and another gas project had been paid off “in full”, state media reported Saturday. China has invested billions in […]
Read more »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 »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.