Vietnam’s Tech Worker Chinatown
January 23rd, 2024
Via Rest of World, a look at how – as Chinese manufacturers open shop in Vietnam – Bac Ninh has become a cultural hub with Chinese restaurants, bubble tea shops, and language centers: Chinese tech manufacturers are flocking to Vietnam to set up new factories following disruptive Covid-19 lockdowns and ongoing U.S.-China tensions. The influx […]
Read more »Morocco: China’s New Eldorado for Electric Batteries?
January 23rd, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on China’s strategic interest in Morocco: Several Chinese groups announced intentions to make electric batteries in Morocco in 2023. The second in a four-part series looks at why Morocco is perfectly placed to profit from the latest EV developments being adopted by Tesla, Volkswagen and others. In August […]
Read more »China Targets Increased Trade with Namibia Beyond US$1B
January 23rd, 2024
Via The Brief, a report that China is targeting increased trade with Namibia: China says it is committed to increasing trade with Namibia beyond the US$1 billion (N$18 billion) attained last year, through enhanced collaborations in agriculture, aquaculture, tourism and mining. Official statistics show that from January to September 2023, China-Namibia bilateral trade volume reached […]
Read more »Côte d’Ivoire Seeks to Strengthen Economic Ties with China
January 23rd, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a report on Côte d’Ivoire desire for more investment from China: On a visit to Abidjan, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi expressed his desire to ‘deepen’ bilateral cooperation, a sentiment echoed by President Alassane Ouattara. It was the last stop on an African tour that has taken him to Egypt, […]
Read more »China Shifts Latin America Investment to Compete with West
January 22nd, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at how China has been shifting its Latin America investment away from costly infrastructure to focus on technology, renewables and critical minerals to compete with the West: China has shifted its investments in Latin America towards strategic sectors such as critical minerals, technology and renewable energy as it challenges […]
Read more »Congo and China Talking $7 Billion in Finance
January 22nd, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on discussions between DRC and China: Money part of renegotiated minerals-for-infrastructure deal Tshisekedi spoke in inaugural address in capital, Kinshasa China and Democratic Republic of Congo are discussing $7 billion in financing as part of a renegotiated minerals-for-infrastructure deal, President Felix Tshisekedi said Saturday at his second inaugural address in the capital, Kinshasa. […]
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.