China’s Submarine Digital Fiber Optic Belt And Road
March 25th, 2021
Via Silk Road Briefing, a look at China’s submarine digital fiber optic Belt and Road: While a great deal of China’s Belt and Road Initiative infrastructure can be seen, with port developments, roads and railways being built, one of the more impressive, far-reaching and little noticed infrastructure builds is that China has become a leading […]
Read more »Egypt: China, The West, and Its Megaprojects
March 19th, 2021
Via the Belt & Road News, an article on the Egyptian building boom under way as President el-Sisi seeks to modernize and transform the Middle East’s most populous country: China is joining the race with international competitors to participate in a boom of megaprojects and infrastructure developments currently underway in Egypt as President Abdel Fatah […]
Read more »Laos Grants 25-Year Power Grid Concession to Chinese-Majority Firm
March 18th, 2021
Via The Diplomat, an article on a deal which deepens China’s involvement in the Lao government’s goal of transforming itself into the “battery of Southeast Asia”: Earlier this week, the government of Laos and a majority Chinese-owned company signed a 25-year concession agreement that allows the company to build and manage a large part of the […]
Read more »China’s Interests Going Up In Flames In Myanmar
March 16th, 2021
Via Asia Times, an article on the impact of Myanmar’s coup on Chinese investments in the country: When unknown assailants torched at least ten Chinese-financed factories in Yangon’s Hlaing Tharyar Industrial Zone, Beijing was quick to urge Myanmar’s military leaders to ensure security for its investments. China’s state-run Global Times newspaper, often a reflection of […]
Read more »China-Central Asia: An Uneasy Co-Existence
March 16th, 2021
Via Observer Research Foundation, commentary on China and Central Asia: Relations of China with the five Central Asian states—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenis??tan and Uzbekistan—have witnessed impressive growth over the thirty years since Central Asia attained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. During the Soviet period, borders of Kazakh, Kyrgyz and Tajik Soviet Socialist Republics […]
Read more »China Prioritizes Sichuan-Tibet Rail and Western Land-Maritime Corridor
March 8th, 2021
Via Silk Road Briefing, an article on China’s latest BRI priorities: Schemes provide seaport access for Tibet and Sichuan to ASEAN Possible future access to India via Nyingtri Guangxi coast will see huge Port development Implications also for Hainan Island Opens up access to China’s hinterlands of 280 million people The recent ‘Two Sessions’ meetings […]
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.