To Secure Exports To Europe, China Reconfigures Its Rail Links
April 7th, 2025
Via The Economist, a look at how China – to secure exports to Europe – is reconfiguring its rail links: China says its ties with Russia involve “back-to-back, shoulder-to-shoulder” co-operation. Yet when it comes to concerns about security for its growing exports to Europe, the People’s Republic would rather not depend on its best friend. Map: The Economist […]
Read more »China Is Reshaping Global Development. Is That Good for the Planet?
April 5th, 2025
Via Inside Climate News, at look at how China is deploying low-carbon investments through its $1.3 trillion Belt and Road Initiative. But many of these projects come with risks of their own. Case in point: Two hydroelectric dams in Argentina could flood cultural heritage sites and harm one of the world’s largest glacial icefields. Deep […]
Read more »China’s Expanding Footprint in Uzbekistan
April 1st, 2025
Via The Diplomat, a look at how Tashkent is seeking to maintain strong economic ties with Beijing while addressing public concerns about their possible impacts on the country’s sovereignty: Sinophobia has been noticeably on the rise in Uzbekistan in recent weeks, especially on social media. Increasing viral content about unverified land sales to Chinese investors and the […]
Read more »China Is Already Pushing Back Against Trump in Panama and Latin America
March 31st, 2025
Via World Politics Review, a report on how China is pushing back against the U.S. in Panama and Latin America: This week, a consortium of U.S. companies led by Blackrock was supposed to complete the purchase of two ports in Panama from CK Hutchison, a Chinese firm based in Hong Kong. U.S. President Donald Trump […]
Read more »Are China and Russia on a Collision Course in Africa?
March 31st, 2025
Via Foreign Policy, a look at how – while Beijing seeks influence and prizes a stable investment climate – Moscow is sowing chaos and selling private security services to quell it: The sun was just coming up on March 19, 2023, as gunmen invaded the Chimbolo gold mine in the Central African Republic and opened […]
Read more »How a New Axis Called CRINK Is Working Against America
March 29th, 2025
Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, a look at how China, Russia, Iran and North Korea have united to defy Western sanctions and undermine U.S. interests: An axis uniting China, Russia, Iran and North Korea—dubbed CRINK by some Western officials—has emerged from the war in Ukraine, a loose alliance united by a mutual disdain for the […]
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.