How China’s EVs are Taking Thailand by Storm
February 8th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a look at how Chinese EV automakers have succeeded in the Thai market by adopting comprehensive localization strategies: China’s electric vehicles (EVs) have made serious inroads in Southeast Asia in recent years. Around 75 percent of the region’s EV market is made up of Chinese vehicles. The sales of China’s Wuling Air EV increased […]
Read more »China Is Recalibrating Its Latin America Strategy
February 7th, 2024
Courtesy of Bloomberg, commentary on China’s Latin America strategy: China’s influence in Latin America has inspired analysis, fascination and a fair amount of hysteria. Depending on whom you ask, it’s seen as everything from an opportunity for the region to rebalance its alliances and profit from Chinese ambitions to an economic invasion that puts the hemisphere’s […]
Read more »CPEC: Is the Belt and Road Initiative’s Crowning Project A Failure?
February 7th, 2024
Via Brown Political Review, analysis of the CPEC: In October, China celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with a global forum of partnered countries. The mood was triumphant, with China reporting that the initiative has resulted in as much as $1 trillion in financial assistance to its constituents. The event, however, glossed […]
Read more »China Investors Eye Mauritius As It Goes Green and Tries to Sweeten Trade Deals
February 7th, 2024
Via South China Morning Post, a look at China’s investment interest in Mauritius: Located in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar, Mauritius is looking to capitalise on its position as a gateway for Chinese to enter the African market, minister says Overseas energy investments by private Chinese companies fit into Beijing’s belt and road push, according […]
Read more »Shipping, Ports, and China’s New Maritime Empire
February 7th, 2024
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at the shipping capabilities and port infrastructure that comprises China’s new maritime empire: The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This conversation with Christopher R. O’Dea – adjunct fellow at Hudson Institute and author of […]
Read more »Zambia to Start Trading Its Own Copper, Competing With Glencore
February 7th, 2024
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a report that Zambia plans to start trading its own copper: Country says trading the metal will boost pricing transparency Government could receive copper instead of mining royalties Zambia plans to directly buy and sell a portion of the copper produced in the southern African nation, competing with trading giants including Mercuria […]
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.