China: Betting On North Korea In Gamble To Save Its Rustbelt
July 22nd, 2015
Courtesy of Business Insider, an interesting look at China’s plans to utilize North Korea as part of its strategy to revitalize its NE rustbelt territory: At China’s very farthest limits, a town sandwiched between North Korea and Russia stands at the heart of Beijing’s plan to revitalise its bleak, frigid northeastern rustbelt. Beijing has a […]
Read more »China’s One Belt, One Road Initiative
July 21st, 2015
Via Frontier Strategy Group, an interesting look at China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative: Ever since Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed to build a cross-regional economic plan in 2013 to strengthen trade and investment partnerships across Asian, European and African markets, China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative has been attracting worldwide attention with its massive scale […]
Read more »The Grand Design Of China’s New Trade Routes
June 24th, 2015
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), detailed analysis of China’s new trade routes: Forecast Over the next several years, China will devote significant resources to the construction of Eurasian trade routes under its Belt and Road Initiative. As transit routes come online, the proportion of Chinese maritime trade passing through South China Sea chokepoints will shrink. The […]
Read more »Chinese Railway Diplomacy: Fostering Regional Change With Global Implications
May 26th, 2015
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a very interesting look at China’s railway diplomacy One of the highlights of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to Latin America has been the continued discussion of a proposed transcontinental railway linking the east coast ports of Brazil to the west coast ports of Peru. The ambitious project, which in earlier […]
Read more »A Fiber-Optic Silk Road
April 21st, 2015
Via The Diplomat, an interesting look at the cyberspace implications of China’s Silk Road initiative: Not even two years into what will be a ten-year tenure at China’s helm, Xi Jinping has already made his mark on China’s foreign policy, in particular with the launch of the “One Belt, One Road” initiative, also known as the […]
Read more »China And India: Competing For Influence In Afghanistan
March 30th, 2015
Via The Diplomat, a look at China and India’s competition for influence in Afghanistan: New Delhi and Beijing are both keen to see the visit to China by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which is scheduled for May, produce something substantive. For one thing, the two countries are looking to address one of the thornier […]
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.