The Politics of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway
March 26th, 2026
Via The Diplomat, a look at the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway: In late March 2026, during the celebration of the Central Asian new year, Nawruz, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov announced the latest target for the completion of China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU) railway: 2030. “If now we live in a ‘dead-end’ country between Europe and China, with the completion of the construction of […]
Read more »Liberia Eyes Blue Economy Boom
March 12th, 2026
Via the Liberian Observer, a look at Liberia’s blue economy potential: The Liberian government is stepping up efforts to unlock the economic potential of its vast marine resources, with officials announcing a major National Fisheries Investment Conference designed to attract global investors and reposition the country’s fisheries sector as a driver of jobs, food security […]
Read more »How Trump Could Take Control of DRC’s Rubaya Coltan Mine from AFC/M23 Rebels
March 6th, 2026
Via The Africa Report, a look at Rubaya – a project that has been officially added to the list of strategic mining assets that Kinshasa is offering to the United States. Highly coveted, the site remains under de facto rebel control and is under constant attack. Here is an analysis in infographics. On 24 February, […]
Read more »The Hungry Hegemon: China Is Running Short of Donkey for Dinner
March 2nd, 2026
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a report on how the shortage of a popular regional specialty is shaking global meat markets: A local news report revealing that high prices for donkey meat were forcing some restaurants in Henan province to switch to horse meat in their soup went viral on Chinese social media a few weeks ago. Reportedly, […]
Read more »China Spent Big on an African Media Empire, But No One’s Watching
March 2nd, 2026
Via Bloomberg, a look at China’s efforts to build a media footprint in Africa: China has spent nearly two decades building a media empire in Africa, but few people watch its broadcasters, newswires, and print publications. Africans prefer to watch the BBC, Al Jazeera, and CNN, and China’s media brands have barely figured in public […]
Read more »North Korea Eyes Slice of Russian Market Long Dominated by China
March 2nd, 2026
Via Daily NK, a report on China’s interest in Russian markets: North Korea’s ruling party instructed the cabinet’s Ministry of External Economic Relations in early February to pursue a new strategy aimed at securing a foothold in industrial sectors of the Russian market currently dominated by Chinese companies, a source in Pyongyang told Daily NK recently. The instructions came from the Economic Department of the Workers’ Party […]
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.