‘Health Silk Road’ heats up as China and U.S. boost efforts amid coronavirus

China’s not the only one working on the “Health Silk Road.”  As Beijing pushes for global health leadership amid the […]

By Aidualc | 23 Jun 20 | Posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, North America, Private Equity, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

China’s Ambitions in Xinjiang and Central Asia

From Stratfor, In mid-September Chinese President Xi Jinping rounded out a 10-day tour of Central Asia that included state visits […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 17 Oct 13 | Posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Hauling New Treasure Along the Silk Road

By KEITH BRADSHER, New York Times, AZAMAT KULYENOV, a 26-year-old train driver, slid the black-knobbed throttle forward, and the 1,800-ton […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 22 Aug 13 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Private Equity, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Food For Thought – August 2013 – America’s Return as a Manufacturing Super Power is just Beginning

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Global Investment Strategist, Oxstones Investment Club, Everyone Loves a Comeback Story George Washington once said – […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 06 Aug 13 | Posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Oxstone Investment Commentary, Private Equity, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Dambisa Moyo: Search For Alpha Leads To Frontier Markets In Africa

Summary:  Frontier markets like Rwanda are actually offering higher equity market returns than developed and emerging markets. Dambisa Moyo: Search […]

By Brian Andreosky | 21 May 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Finding Oxstones, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

BRICS and China’s Aspiration for the New “International Order”

By Yun Sun, Brookings Institute, The destinations of new Chinese leader’s first foreign tour are always carefully chosen and reflect […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 03 Apr 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Invest… Not Invade

By Addison Wiggin, From Daily Reckoning, “Looking back through history,” says Neil George, “China is one of the countries that’s […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 04 Feb 13 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Stocks, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Russia and China’s Neighborly Interests

By Mark Mobius,  Franklin Templeton Blog, http://mobius.blog.franklintempleton.com/2012/11/15/russia-and-china/#more-1943 Whether our neighbors are as close as the airplane seat next to us […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 23 Nov 12 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

China Wary of Choking on Dollar Driving Hong Kong Dim Sum Bonds

By Fion Li, Bloomberg, The helicopter swooped over Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor trailing a huge red-and-white banner: RMB SOVEREIGN BONDS. […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 23 Nov 11 | Posted in Asia, Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

New Silk Road could revitalize war-torn Afghanistan

By Prof. Li Xiguang, Global Research.ca,   For thousands of years, the Pamir passes have served as the crossroads of […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 10 Jun 11 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)