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 »Critical Minerals and the New Cold War
October 1st, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, an article on how access to critical materials has become a paramount national security concern and the object of increasing competition between China and the United States: The ongoing energy transition is transforming the global economy from a hydrocarbon-dependent system to a mineral-intensive one. The global decarbonization shift has supercharged the […]
Read more »China’s Largest Green Hydrogen Mega Project Hints at Vast Potential
September 30th, 2023
Courtesy of Caixing Global, a report on a mega solar-to-hydrogen factory has been commissioned in China: A mega solar-to-hydrogen factory has been commissioned in China, marking a milestone for the country’s — and potentially the world’s — effort to produce more green hydrogen, a fuel seen as key for slashing global greenhouse gas emissions. 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.