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 are links to the articles of the last 4 months: China’s Football Buying Spree In… Read More ›
I have been writing a new regular column for Frontera News covering China’s global rise. Here are some of my latest articles: As Its Economy Slides Into The Abyss, Venezuela Turns Toward China As Its Economy Slides Into The Abyss,… Read More ›
Heibei Iron and Steel is in the vanguard of China’s manufacturing companies which are going global in the search for new assets in an effort to expand and at the same time hedge their bets against a domestic manufacturing sector… Read More ›
Fosun international is a privately held Chinese firm which has gone from a tiny market research venture founded in 1992 to China’s largest conglomerate with interests in a dazzling number of sectors including fashion retail (St John), finance (Minsheng bank),… Read More ›
One firm neatly sums up China’s international ambitions – the mighty Wanda Group. The company started life as a local commercial property venture and is now China’s largest player in this sector owning a string of Wanda Plazas (huge shopping… Read More ›
Few banks exert as much power and influence across the globe as the China Development Bank. Although it is not China’s biggest bank, when it comes to overseas operations it is in a league of its own – with USD… Read More ›
Sany Heavy Industry exemplifies many Chinese corporates – relatively anonymous, yet a massive global presence in a sector (6th largest firm in the world) that China is reknowned for its strength in. The Changsha based venture focuses on the production… Read More ›
The last couple of months has seen a flurry of attention around the Chinese economy and its perceived weaknesses, the fall of an overpriced stock market and the government’s subsequent expensive and misguided attempts to prop the market up have… Read More ›
Last year the Duisburg to Chongqing train took its maiden voyage, spanning the Eurasian landmass taking two weeks and a number of border crossings it transported machinery from the heartland of advanced European manufacturing to the new workshop of the… Read More ›
China has of course already transformed the world economy through manufacturing on its own shores, bringing down the cost of goods across the globe and by putting uncompetitive manufacturers in other nations out of business. The next decade will see… Read More ›
