COSCO sounds benign, but the term should never be confused with COSTCO, your local friendly retailer. If you hear the term COSCO, you should be asking yourself the question on the larger impact of the...
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Huaxia Eye Hospital IPO Mints China’s Latest Billionaire
A man walks by the gate of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on August 20, 2020. (Photo by VCG/VCG via … [+] Getty Images) VCG via Getty Images It’s been a rough stretch this year for China stocks owi...
After Associates Lit Up The T20 World Cup, Cricket’s Full Membership Should Be Under The Microscope
UAE won a thriller over Namibia (Photo by MARTIN KEEP/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images UAE, the only winless team in the first round of the T20 World Cup, appeared set for a surprise thrashi...
Namibia’s Stunning Upset Over Sri Lanka Makes A Mockery Of Cricket’s T20 World Cup Format
JJ Smit (R) starred in Namibia’s upset over Sri Lanka (Photo by MARTIN KEEP/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images It took just one match to make a mockery of the T20 World Cup format. In th...
The Countries Most In Debt To China [Infographic]
Countries heavily in debt to China are mostly located in Africa, but can also be found in Central Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, data from The World Bank shows. China is currently the preferred...
The other reason why food prices are rising
The United Nations’ worst-case scenario calculation is that global food prices will rise by an additional 8.5% by 2027. More expensive fertilizers are contributed to those higher costs, with som...
How Sri Lanka’s economic collapse raises alarm bells for other emerging markets
During the 2010s, Sri Lanka had one of the fastest-growing economies in Asia. Things took a 180-degree turn at the end of the decade as the country’s economy stumbled. In May 2022, the governme...
Sri Lanka’s Revolution Holds Lessons For Emerging Markets
Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa speaks during the opening ceremony of the UN Climate Change … [+] Conference COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland on November 1, 2021. Andy Buchanan/Pool via...
Organic Agriculture Nightmare Tanks Sri Lanka’s Economy
A tea plantation near the Nuwara Eliya plateau at an elevation of 1,900 meters. Government-forced … [+] organic farming methods have devastated the industry and the people in it. Vyacheslav Arge...