China in 2020
December 27th, 2010
Via Seeking Alpha, three very interesting maps of China illustrating countries that have equal GDP to Chinese provinces in 2000, 2009 and 2020. As the maps indicate, in 2000, China’s union of provinces was similar to poor, developing countries. By 2009, China had grown into a union of provinces similar to many booming, developing countries. […]
Read more »Argentina: China’s New Investment Frontier
December 18th, 2010
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on China’s increased investment in Argentina. As the article notes: When China’s largest oil producer looked overseas 14 years ago for places to invest, it settled on the then-untapped riches of Sudan.That investment, in 1996, kicked off a string of deals in Africa, as Chinese state-owned oil companies […]
Read more »In The Dragon’s Reach: Cambodia
November 16th, 2010
Via China Law blog, an interesting look at China’s growing relationship with Cambodia as American and European companies begin to turn to Vietnam, Cambodia, and even Laos, for their manufacturing outsourcing due to cost increases in China. As the article notes: “• …Most of the current development seems to be highly dependent on Chinese (Hong […]
Read more »A Pan Asian Railroad Linking Singapore and China: One Stop Closer
October 27th, 2010
Via Fast Company, a report on developments related to a rail link from Singapore to Southwest China. As the article notes: “…Plans for a pan-Asian railroad have been in the works for decades, but today marked the first step toward linking a massive railway line from Singapore to Southwest China and beyond. It’s called the […]
Read more »Chinese Firm To Invest 3 Billion Dollars In Cambodia
September 10th, 2010
Via TerraDaily, a report on additional Chinese investment in Cambodia. As the article notes: “A Chinese firm plans to pump three billion dollars into several Cambodian projects, an official said Thursday, the latest investment in the fledgling economy from its giant neighbour. The proposed investment by China Inner Mongolia Erdos Hongjun Investment Co. — a […]
Read more »China’s Petroleum Investment In Iran
July 31st, 2010
Via The Khaleej Times, a report that China has invested around 40 billion dollars in Iran’s oil and gas sector. As the article notes: “…Deputy Oil Minister Hossein Noqrehkar Shirazi also said that Teheran’s oil exports to China fell by 30 percent in the first six months of 2010 compared with the corresponding period last […]
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.