Myanmar: Ground Zero For China-India Energy Competition
November 6th, 2016
Via The Eurasia Review, a look at Myanmar’s position in the growing competition between China and India over energy resources: Since the early 1990s, China’s remarkable economic growth has led to a dramatic increase in its domestic energy needs, prompting its state-owned national oil companies (NOCs) to embark upon a worldwide search for oil and […]
Read more »How Chinese Demand For Natural Resources Transformed Emerging Markets
October 27th, 2016
Via Frontrera News, a look at the impact that Chinese demand for natural resources had upon emerging markets: Twenty years ago Zambian copper mines were facing ruin, low prices, failing companies and ancient infrastructure had condemned the industry to a bleak future and with it the miners that depended on the metal for their livelihood. […]
Read more »How Chinese Money Will Transform Pakistan
October 19th, 2016
Via Third Pole.net, a look at how the China Pakistan Economic corridor could help transform Pakistan into a major logistical hub, and boost its economic growth: The development of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has spurred debate in all quarters. Some perceive it as a form of neo-colonialism criticising Pakistan’s government for promoting unethical business practices […]
Read more »One Belt/One Road: China’s Marshall Plan?
August 16th, 2016
Via Blooomberg, a summary look at China’s OBOR initiative: China’s ambition to revive an ancient trading route stretching from Asia to Europe could leave an economic legacy bigger than the Marshall Plan or the European Union’s enlargement, according to a new analysis. Dubbed ‘One Belt, One Road,’ the plan to build rail, highways and ports […]
Read more »Xinjiang Trade Raises Doubts Over China’s “Belt and Road” Plan
August 10th, 2016
Via the Financial Times, a look at Xinjiang trade figures and how they may relate to China’s One Belt/One Road future: The vast Chinese northwestern frontier region of Xinjiang may serve as a useful early indicator of how Beijing’s much-touted “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI) is supposed to work – and how successful it may […]
Read more »Iran, Russia Map Out Rival To Suez Canal
August 7th, 2016
Via Iran’s PressTV, a look at the potential International North-South Transport Corridor (NSTC), a multi-model route to link India and the Middle East to the Caucasus, Central Asia and Europe: The International North-South Transport Corridor, shown in bold green dots, will significantly reduce costs and travel time. A major project to foster trade connectivity through […]
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.