With ASEAN Integration On The Horizon, Cambodia Coaxes Investors
November 6th, 2013
Via Emerging Frontiers, a look at Cambodia: As the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) prepares for its single-market Economic Community in 2015, Cambodia is poised to benefit tremendously from this unification. With President Barack Obama in attendance, Cambodia played host to the 2012 ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh in November. The most salient […]
Read more »KFC Goes Missing In Syria
October 31st, 2013
Courtesy of The Atlantic, a report on KFC’s decision to give up trying to do business in Syria: Syrians eat at a KFC outlet in Damascus in 2006. It closed its doors this month. In 2006, Kentucky Fried Chicken opened Syria’s first American restaurant in Damascus. The franchise weathered more than two and a half […]
Read more »North Korea: The Next Thailand Of Asia?
October 31st, 2013
Via NK News.org, an interesting report on North Korea: Nearly all communist states tended to have a “main construction project,” an impressive undertaking where, if the newspapers were to be believed, the workers’ enthusiasm for labor produced amazing feats and whose eventual completion would bring an era of unparalleled prosperity. North Korea is no exception. […]
Read more »China’s Venezuela Exposure
October 29th, 2013
Via The Dipomat, a report on China’s engagement with Venezuela: The visit of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to China last month was, on the face of it, a cause for quite a bit of relief for Beijing. After all, strong Beijing ally Hugo Chavez had only passed away in March, and there was some concern […]
Read more »Kazakhstan’s Energy Sector
October 29th, 2013
Via Eurasia Review, a detailed review of Kazakhstan’s energy sector: Kazakhstan is a major oil producer, and estimated total liquids production was 1.64 million barrels per day (bbl/d) in 2013. The key to its continued growth in liquids production from this level will be the development of its giant Tengiz, Karachaganak, and Kashagan fields. Development […]
Read more »Mongolia, China: An Encouraging Signs for Investors
October 29th, 2013
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a report on Mongolia’s changing attitude towards Chinese investment: Mongolian Prime Minister Norovyn Altankhuyag (L) greets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Oct. 25. Summary On Oct. 26, less than a month after Mongolia’s parliament voted to scrap a foreign investment law designed to prevent Chinese state-owned enterprises from […]
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