Chinese Travel: All Roads Lead To Middle East
Via South China Morning Post, an article on how – as travel picks up again in the post-pandemic era – more Chinese tourists are abandoning Western destinations: When Ian Sun finally began [...]
China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Reportedly To Invest $375M In Egypt
Via Zawya, a report on Chinese plans to invest in Egyptian ports: China’s COSCO Shipping Ports is planning to invest $375 million in Egyptian ports during 2024, including Ain Sokhna port, the [...]
Malaysia To Build Port Near Kuala Lumpur Amid Supply Chain Shift
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on Malaysia’s plans to build a new port near Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia will build a new container port along the western coast of the Malay Peninsula facing the Malacca [...]
Saudi Arabia Holds Investment Summit in Brazil, Plans to Invest $15B
Via Al Monitor, an article on Saudi Arabia’s plans to invest $15 billion in Brazil, bolstering already strong economic relations based largely on mining, meat and oil: Saudi Arabia is set to [...]
China: Back To Africa and Doubling Down On Minerals
Via Reuters, an article on how Chinese leaders are citing the billions of dollars for new construction and record two-way trade as evidence of their “win-win” commitment to supporting the [...]
How Indonesia Used Chinese Industrial Investments to Turn Nickel into the New Gold
Via the Carnegie Endowment, a report on how China’s Belt and Road Initiative helped build an industrial complex in Indonesia—but contestations at the local and national levels compelled Chinese [...]

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Wildcats & Black Sheep is a personal interest blog dedicated to the identification and evaluation of maverick investment opportunities arising in frontier - and, what some may consider to be, “rogue” or “black sheep” - markets around the world.

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.