While much attention has been focussed on the birth of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), another China based institution has also recently opened for…
Chinese firms, mostly state owned enterprises (SOEs), have poured into Brazil, even taking into account the unreliability of FDI measures the figures are impressive (US…
Trade between Brazil and China has expanded rapidly over the last decade, bilateral trade rose from US $ 6.5 billion in 2003 to US $…
The emergence of a Chinese controlled Asian Infrastructure Bank and a New Development Bank backed by the BRICS countries along with the rapid rise of…
The prospect of a New Development Bank (NDB) created by the five BRICS has generated a great deal of coverage on how it might challenge…
This is part 3 – click here for part 1 and part 2. President Zuma proscribed a “rebalancing” of the trade relationship and the Chinese…
China and Russia recently agreed a ground-breaking new natural gas pipeline deal, worth around US$400 billion (although significantly it will be paid for in Renminbi…
The only way is up? Karachi Stock Exchange 2013 /14 (Bloomberg) If you are a risk taking devil may care type of investor then frontier…
The Presidency of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva saw Brazil dramatically change its international profile, his charismatic leadership saw a transformation of the Brazilian economy…
Last week I had the pleasure of discussing the internal machinations of the Chinese Communist Party with Minxin Pei, a prominent China governance expert and …