East China’s Lianyungang Port Develops As Hub For Connecting Central & SE Asia
Via Silk Road Briefing, an article on  how Jiangsu’s Lianyungang connects trade between Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Japan, South Korea, and Singapore: A new rail freight route from Wuxi in [...]
PGII vs. BRI: Developing Asia Spoiled For Infrastructure Choice
Via East Asia Forum, an article on developing Asia’s options for infrastructure financing support: Since its launch at the Group of Seven (G7) summit in June 2022, the Partnership for Global [...]
China Donates Communications Equipment To Syrian Regime
Via Enab Baladi, a report on China’s recent aid to the Syrian regime in the form of equipment and a communications network which has raised questions about the motives of Beijing: On 20 July, the [...]
CASA-1000 Project Stalled Due To Afghan Issues
Via The Frontier Post, a report that the CASA-1000 project is stalled due to Afghan issues: The CASA-1000 project to build a power line between Central Asia and South Asia has been stalled by [...]
China’s Digital Inroads In The Global South
Via The Diplomat, an article on China’s deepening its hold on the digital information ecosystems of developing countries: Earlier this month, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy [...]
‘Go To South-East Asia, Young One’
Courtesy of The Financial Times, insightful commentary on how – courted by superpowers – southeast Asia is where young westerners should try their luck: At no point in his memoir, even [...]

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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.