Deal of the Century: Will Chinese Investment Save Congo?
July 18th, 2012
Courtesy of the Foreign Policy Association, an interesting article on China’s investment in the Congo: Twenty-four trillion dollars. It is a number that beggars the imagination, almost 40% of the global economy, and it is buried in one of the world’s poorest and most violent countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo. Failed state, rape capital […]
Read more »What Chinese Consumers Want…One Person’s View
July 13th, 2012
Courtesy of The China Observer, an interview with Tom Doctoroff, a China observer who shares his perspectives on Chinese consumers in his recently released book, What Chinese Want: What are the main differences between your recently released book, What Chinese Want and your earlier work Billions: Selling to the New Chinese Consumer? My first book, […]
Read more »China’s Support Of North Korea: Cheap At Any Price?
July 13th, 2012
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an interesting look at China’s position of supporting North Korea: For those who worry about North Korea, the past few months can best be described as a time of quiet despair. Since North Korea reneged on the “Leap Day” food aid deal in March by announcing the test of a long-range […]
Read more »China Plays Increasing role In Venezuela’s Economy
July 13th, 2012
Via the Miami Herald, a very interesting look at China’s increasing role in Venezuela’s economy: Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s socialist revolution, which has seized billions of dollars in assets from western oil companies in the name of national sovereignty, is gradually giving control of its industry to China, a country that plays an increasingly dominating […]
Read more »Where To Locate Your China Retail? Wake Up And Smell The Coffee…
July 13th, 2012
Via The China Law blog, an interesting article on potential connection between the number of Starbucks (and even other coffee shops) and the “readiness” of that Chinese cities for Western companies, at least Western retail companies: For many years here in Seattle, a newish/smallish coffee chain called Seattle’s Best Coffee (SBC) was said to choose […]
Read more »Pax-Sinica: Why The U.S. Should Hand Over Afghanistan And Central Asia To China
June 29th, 2012
Via Foreign Policy’s Oil & Glory, a provocative piece on Afghanistan and China’s role therein: In northern Afghanistan, a potentially rich, U.S.-backed oil and gas tender is under way this week. Central to hopes for a face-saving force withdrawal in two years, the competition is part of a U.S. strategy of initiating a vibrant, self-sustaining […]
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.