How China Capitalized on U.S. Indifference in Latin America
November 14th, 2024
Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, a look at how China has focused on Latin American investments and relationships: South of the border, China is ascendant. Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrives this week in a region where China has replaced the U.S. as the dominant trading partner for most big economies, with the exceptions of Mexico and Colombia. Beijing […]
Read more »South America’s ‘Made In China’ Megaport Prepares To Transform Trade
November 13th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on how aBeijing-backed project in Peru poses strategic challenge to US as Donald Trump prepares to take office in January: Ahead of the ribbon-cutting at the Port of Chancay — a Chinese-built megaport on Peru’s Pacific coast that is set to transform regional trade — Chinese-made ZPMC unmanned […]
Read more »Peru New Megaport: Beijing’s ‘Playbook’ For Large Overseas Infrastructure Projects
November 9th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Peru’s new Chinese-built megaport: Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to inaugurate the $1.3bn Chancay port on the Pacific coast when he visits Peru for a summit in mid-November, amid growing concerns among US security officials that the facility’s size, depth and strategic location make it suitable […]
Read more »Responding To China’s Growing Influence On Ports In The Global South
October 31st, 2024
Via Center for Strategic and International Studies, commentary on how the West can respond to China’s growing influence on port infrastructure in the Global South: Port infrastructure around the world is critical to U.S. economic and military security. Although vitally important, it is an investment area where China is outpacing the United States. China now […]
Read more »China Leveraging Laos To Link Up Its Southeast Asian Economic Interests
October 28th, 2024
Via South China Morning Post, a report on China’s growing interest in Laos: China aims to scale up infrastructure construction in uniquely strategic Laos to accelerate trade and investment throughout Southeast Asia as Chinese businesses scout for space to grow offshore, analysts said. Premier Li Qiang said during a four-day visit to the Southeast Asian nation […]
Read more »China Invites Colombia To Join BRI
October 24th, 2024
Via South China Morning Post, an article on China’s invitation to Colombia to join the BRI: China has invited Colombia to join the Belt and Road Initiative and is “exploring the possibility of a free-trade agreement” with the South American country, Beijing’s ambassador to Bogota told local media. Zhu Jingyang’s remarks on the China-centred investment and infrastructure scheme spanning […]
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.