China Unveils ‘Grandiose Plan’ for Central Asia
April 18th, 2023
Via the Jamestown Foundation, a look at China’s forthcoming ‘Grandiose Plan’ for Central Asia: In the three decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation and China have pursued divergent interests in post-Soviet Central Asia, as Moscow seeks to retain its influence even as Beijing’s “soft power” grows, underpinned by its dynamic […]
Read more »Iraq: Key Destination For Chinese Investment
April 15th, 2023
Via Geo Politics in South Asia and MENA, a report on Chinese investment in Iraq: In recent years, Iraq has become one of the leading destinations for Chinese investments in the Middle East and a crucial link in Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). To capitalize on its geostrategic location and central position within the […]
Read more »How Indonesia Used Chinese Industrial Investments to Turn Nickel into the New Gold
April 11th, 2023
Via The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, an examination of how China’s Belt and Road Initiative helped build an industrial complex in Indonesia—but contestations at the local and national levels compelled Chinese players to adapt to rapidly shifting Indonesian cross-currents: CHINA LOCAL/GLOBAL China has become a global power, but there is too little debate about […]
Read more »Egypt-China Relations Strengthen With $2 Billion Factory Deal
April 11th, 2023
Via Al Monitor, a report on China’s growing investment in Egypt: Egypt’s Suez Canal announced a deal on Thursday with a Chinese company to build a steel and iron factory. The agreement is one of a few Egyptian and Chinese entities have signed recently and demonstrates China’s growing footprint in Egypt. The Suez Canal Economic […]
Read more »“It’s Electric!”: China’s Power Play in Latin America
April 10th, 2023
Via Wilson Center, a report on China’s focus on energy generation and transmission projects in Latin America: For a decade, China’s major electricity companies have been laser focused on energy generation and transmission in Latin America and the Caribbean, a trend accelerated by the departure of Western competitors, including Brazil-based Odebrecht and U.S. and European […]
Read more »China’s Growing Trade and Investment in Russia’s Far East
February 28th, 2023
Via China Briefing, a look at China’s growing trade and investment in the Russian Far East: Several discussions between Chinese and Russian officials at a senior level, including with China’s Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress Li Zhanshu, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and others took place at the Eastern Economic Forum this week. […]
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.