India – the prospect of a stronger more prosperous neighbour should be a positive for its neighbour, but for New Delhi the China Pakistan Economic…
Last year the first container passed through the massively expanded Gwadar Port marking what could be a new economic era for Pakistan and for China…
China’s diplomatic moves have seen it improve relations with its Central Asian neighbours through its flagship One Belt, One Road economic partnership – which should…
When people think of China’s role in the world often it is focusing on its industrial prowess and mighty export machine, or perhaps its growing…
I have a regular Eastern Approaches for Frontera News, a website which is increasingly the go to place for Emerging/Frontier markets news and analysis. Below…
Below I count down the five most popular articles of 2016: Little surprise that 10 Projects that will define China’s Maritime Silk Road is the…
Towards the of the Second Opium War in 1860 British and French soldiers ransacked and looted the ancient and opulent Summer Palace just outside of…
Throughout the developing world the telecommunications industry has been a truly transformative force, providing cheap phone and internet connections for the first time has allowed…
As China’s Belt and Road Initiative gathers steam it is worth stepping back and examining the long term prospects and risks around this continent spanning…
Chinese energy companies are the arrivistes of this huge global industry, wealthy, ambitious, but lacking the high tech drilling technology and years of experience that…