Archive for the ‘China’ Category

China’s Role in Switching Off The Lights In Pakistan
January 25th, 2021

Via The Asia Times, an article on how China has invested billions in Pakistan power but tainted deals have contributed to recent nationwide blackouts with more likely to come: A nationwide power outage on January 10 in Pakistan came at a dark financial moment for its indebted and corrupted power sector, raising the prospect of […]

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China and Pakistan Fall Out Over Belt and Road Framework
January 22nd, 2021

Via Nikkei Asia, a report on how the deadlock over interest rates for major rail project stalls the annual China/Pakistan annual summit: China and Pakistan are embroiled in their most serious disagreement relating to the Belt and Road Initiative, causing the annual bilateral summit of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to be delayed. The Joint […]

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Digital Silk Road: For Indonesia, Chinese 5G Cooperation Brings Promise and Peril
January 22nd, 2021

Via The Diplomat, an article on how Indonesia, like many developing nations, faces a difficult decision about how far to engage with China’s Digital Silk Road: Earlier this month, on his four-nation tour of Southeast Asia, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Indonesia, during which the two sides discussed cooperation on the development of 5G networks in the […]

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Chinese-Funded Railway to Link Former US Bases in the Philippines
January 19th, 2021

Via The Diplomat, an article on a potential Chinese-funded railway that would link for U.S. bases in the Philippines: One of the most interesting things to come out of China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s four-nation tour of Southeast Asia this weekend was the announcement that the Philippines and China have formally signed off on a deal to […]

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Turkmenistan Opens Gas Pumping Station With Eye On China
January 18th, 2021

Via Oil and Gas Daily, an article on Turkmenistan opening a gas pumping station with an eye on China: Turkmenistan on Friday opened a gas compressor station it hopes will help boost natural gas supplies to China and elsewhere. Turkmen leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov said this week during a meeting with China’s ambassador that the new pumping […]

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Can China Make Myanmar A Major Oil Nation?
January 18th, 2021

Via OilPrice.com, an article on China’s petroleum interests in Myanmar: Two countries linked by an energy source, China and Myanmar have become closer partners over the last few years due to their connection via an oil pipeline. Having seen the success of energy transportation between the two states, China plans to invest further in Myanmar […]

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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.