China is a making a significant impact across the countries that lie to its Southeast across the Pacific Ocean; Indonesia and The Philippines are archipelagic, multi-island nations with…
For those interested in the China going global phenomena there are more and more books and websites to choose from, viewing this subject from the point of…
Investors and researchers are always on the lookout for undervalued assets in emerging and frontier markets and I have long been curious as to how…
Argentina has seen its trade with China boom over the last decade, its plentiful supply of foodstuffs such as soya and soy oil has attracted…
This week a take a concise look at some of China’s southern neighbours, all of which have significant ethnic Chinese populations, which helps to account…
In 2011 an eighteen year old Hmong woman from Northern Vietnam arrived at her remote hill village, bewildered and bedraggled, only reaching it after four…
Two years ago I attended a conference at the Overseas Development Institute in London on the future of aid and I was fascinated and a little…
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign is the broadest and deepest effort to purge, reorganize and rectify the Communist Party leadership since the death…
This week I take a look at the inroads China and its rebelious province/regional rival Taiwan are making in the traditionally US dominated region of Central America. Nicaragua…
This week I take a look at how Chinese businesses are expanding into the sphere of international entertainment and media, shaking up industries such as…






