On a mountaintop a few miles north of the bustling streets of Harare, Zimbabwe, a curving, modern complex is beginning to take shape. This building,…
The tiny African country of Djibouti is not well known outside of the Horn of Africa but its commanding position astride the Straits of Bab…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Sany Heavy Industry exemplifies many Chinese corporates – relatively anonymous, yet a massive global presence in a sector (6th largest firm in the world) that…
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…