China’s Gas Cuts Raise Pressure On Central Asia
May 23rd, 2020 Via Eurasia Review, a look at the impact of China’s gas demand reductions on Central Asia: As China cuts back on its commitments to import natural gas, it is trying to spread the shortfall [...]
US Blue Dot Network To Counter China’s BRI
May 22nd, 2020 Via The Asia Times, an article on US’s Blue Dot Network (BDN) infrastructure initiative as an alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative: In recent years, China’s Belt and Road [...]
China’s Belt and Road Trains Booming
May 16th, 2020 Via The Wall Street Journal, a look at how – with the pandemic choking sea and air freight – companies have turned to trains revived as part of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative: The [...]
Beijing and Delhi’s One Hundred Year Development Plan
May 14th, 2020 Via Silk Road Briefing, commentary on China’s investment interest in, and strategy towards, India: Much has been made of recent Indian regulatory issues being anti-China investment in tone, [...]
Will China Control The Global Internet Via Its Digital Silk Road?
May 11th, 2020 Via SupChina, a look at the Digital Silk Road: The “Digital Silk Road” (DSR) was introduced in 2015 by an official Chinese government white paper, as a component of Beijing’s Belt and Road [...]
Vietnam’s Economy to Grow Fastest in Southeast Asia Despite COVID-19: ADB
May 11th, 2020 Via ASEAN Briefing, a look at Vietnam:             Vietnam is forecast to be one of the fastest-growing economies in Southeast Asia, despite the impact of COVID-19. The government launched a [...]

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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.