Ten companies (half of them from China) have left home in search of natural resources.
Rising living standards in developing economies like China will keep prices of natural resources high as demand outpaces supply.
It enjoys immense natural resources and dominance of international trade routes to and from south central China and the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean.
The rapid economic growth of China and India and the increased demand on natural resources skewed the old world order.
Cheap land, cheap labour and rich natural resources have attracted big inflows of foreign investment, especially from Asian neighbours like China, Vietnam and Thailand.
However, given the rapid increase in demand for natural resources from countries like China and other BRICS countries, they have become the new targets of resource extraction and could wind up like the Hotspots within a few decades.
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The nation, which lies between China and India, has large reserves of oil, gas and other natural resources.
Today there are inflationary pressures rising from population growth, competition for energy and natural resources, and from the rising middle class of the Bric countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China).
With growing middle classes and a vast array of natural resources, the countries are also vulnerable in that they are still tied to the fates of other countries: China, which is also a competitor, and Brazil, which is more like a primus inter pares.
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Brazil also has a generous land to people ratio, with a large basket of natural resources, including petroleum, for a population that is relatively small (200 million) compared to China and India.
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