An obscure anonymous suburb on the outskirts of a Ningde, a third tier city in China’s South East is an unlikely launching pad for a…
The construction of spectacular 40 MW solar park onto of a lake formed by collapsed coal mines in Anhui province is a symbol of China’s…
Attention is increasingly turning to large fast growing economies like Pakistan, Vietnam, Iran, Egypt, Nigeria and Bangladesh. These countries have big populations, income levels typically…
In a transformation that can be seen from space, a corner of the Far Western Chinese province of Qinghai has witnessed a remarkable transformation, neat…
The African Development Bank held its annual conference in Ahmedabad, the capital of Gujarat State India in May this year. The presence of the African…
A new project to build a Chinese backed Tech City near Tangier on a new 2000 hectare site which will house 300,000 people and host…
8 July 2011 saw raucous celebrations in Juba as South Sudan celebrated is split from Sudan after decades of civil war. Independence made South Sudan…
A couple of years ago I interviewed the intrepid investor John Suggitt who was developing a major real estate fund in the Ukrainian capital at the height…
It was no accident that James “Mad Dog” Mattis made Djibouti one of his first overseas trips as US Secretary of Defence, this tiny African…
Last year a new China – Iran rail link opened connecting Urumqi in China to Tehran, cargo trains now regularly wind their way through Western…









