China’s Belt and Road Shows the High Price of Beijing’s Money
October 4th, 2023
Via Bloomberg, commentary on the high price of the BRI: Birthdays are in equal parts celebratory but also inherently tinged with regret, for opportunities missed and mistakes made. All of which may well be weighing on Beijing as its Belt and Road Initiative marks its 10th anniversary this year. For the most part, it has […]
Read more »China To Stay Long in Power Sector of Kazakhstan
October 4th, 2023
Via Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting (CABAR), a look at China’s interest in Kazakhstan’s power and energy sectors: Power sector is one of the most attractive sectors of Kazakhstan economy for Chinese investors. The volume of investments from China to this sphere has already exceeded 25 billion dollars in the last 17 years. China […]
Read more »How China’s Hottest Social Media App Turned Düsseldorf Into A Foodie Destination
October 2nd, 2023
Courtesy of Rest of World, an interesting look at how a Chinese social media app can impact purchasing decisions continents away, making the trendiest food city in Europe not Paris or London but Düsseldorf instead: Trips to Düsseldorf to satisfy cravings for regional Chinese food have become a recognizable trend on China’s popular social media […]
Read more »China’s Confucius Institutes Go South
October 2nd, 2023
Courtesy of The Wire, commentary on how – while Western governments are turning against Chinese cultural centers – developing countries are giving them a warmer welcome, with investment likely to follow: With cameras snapping away, nearly 300 scholars, businessmen and government officials gathered in a university hall earlier this month to celebrate the opening of a […]
Read more »The Shadowy Chinese Firms That Own Chunks of Cambodia
October 1st, 2023
Courtesy of BBC, a report on a shadowy Chinese firms that own chunks of Cambodia: The highway runs through the forest like a black ribbon, down to the sea and to what must be one of the world’s largest tourism projects. Fifteen years after it began, there is still not much to see of the […]
Read more »China-Afghan Relations: The Economic and Geopolitical Dimensions
October 1st, 2023
Via The Geopolitics, commentary on the Chinese-Afghan relationship: On Sept. 12, 2023 Afghanistan welcomed China’s new ambassador to Afghanistan Zhao Sheng. China is one amongst a handful of nations to have kept working missions in Kabul ever since the Taliban captured power in Afghanistan – in August 2021. Diplomats currently stationed in Kabul with 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.