China’s relations with Emerging Europe are often overlooked, but they are set to take on much greater significance over the next decade as the economic and political linkages…
Today we have a guest post by Thibaud Andre, a French consultant working in China. In 2009, the Chinese government announced the establishment of “a…
In 2016 Panama Canal saw the conclusion of a huge expansion programme costing US$5.2 billion. This work allowed much larger vessels through the canal. This…
The Suez Canal When it first opened in the 1860s the Suez Canal revolutionised international trade, by cutting the travelling distance from India and the…
BeyondBrics For me the king of emerging markets news; providing lively, up to date and highly readable daily commentary, this site is often the first…
I’ve been looking forward to an opportunity like this for some time now. For the last two months I have been working hard on a…
Emerging market currencies is a subject I tend to stay away from, its not my particular area of expertise and others can cover the subject…
In August last year the Chinese State Council published its white paper on China – Africa relations. Fifteen years ago this would have been an…
The fierce rivalry between the President Kiir and former Vice President Machar is being blamed for the current conflict in Southern Sudan with thousands of…
These two ancient civilisations have much in common; a desire to prevent western domination of the world; an ambition to become the hegemonic power in…