Tensions Grow As China Ramps Up Global Mining For Green Tech
May 1st, 2024
Via BBC, a report on growing global tensions as China ramps up its search for green minerals worldwide: Earlier this year, Ai Qing was woken up in the middle of the night by angry chants outside her dormitory in northern Argentina. She peered out of the window to see Argentine workers surrounding the compound and […]
Read more »Indonesia: Ten Bold Moves That Could Transform Nation Into A Green Powerhouse
May 1st, 2024
Courtesy of McKinsey, a report on how Indonesia could—with ten strategic initiatives—help ensure a secure, green, and sustainable future for itself and the world: The world stands at a pivotal point in the journey toward decarbonization—emissions need to reduce by half by 2030 and reduce steeply thereafter.1 This presents both immense challenges and significant opportunities. Challenges include […]
Read more »China To Push BRI During Visits to Indonesia, Cambodia, and Papua New Guinea
April 16th, 2024
Via South China Morning Post, an article on China’s top diplomat Wang Yi’s plans to push belt and road during visits to Indonesia, Cambodia and Papua New Guinea: Foreign Minister Wang Yi will travel to the three countries this week as Beijing steps up diplomacy with Southeast Asia amid US rivalry China is a top […]
Read more »Southeast Asia’s Potential in Critical Minerals
April 15th, 2024
Via the Australia Strategic Policy Institute, a report on Southeast Asia’s potential in critical minerals: Global critical mineral demand is expected to increase dramatically in coming decades, from a 7.1 million tonnes in 2020 to 42.3 million tonnes in 2050. Global commitments to decarbonisation are the main drivers of this growth, because clean-energy technologies depend […]
Read more »Chip Dreams: Young Tech Workers Are Flocking To Taiwan
April 11th, 2024
Via Rest of World, a report on how Southeast Asians are heading to Taiwan to train for semiconductor jobs, which is helping to fill a talent gap at the world’s top producer: Students from Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines head to Taiwan to train and work in the semiconductor industry. Taiwan faces a talent […]
Read more »What Southeast Asia’s Aging Populations Could Mean Politically
April 10th, 2024
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at how Southeast Asia’s aging societies could lead to more political polarization and upheaval: Southeast Asia is aging – and rather quickly. In Vietnam, the number of 0-14 year-olds will decrease by 3.7 million between now and 2050. In Thailand, it will fall from 10.7 million to 7.8 million. […]
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.