Regular readers are well aware of this activity. But this is a nice article providing an update.
Much of China's energy and natural resource buys have been in unstable places -- Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Africa.
The Americas region is arguably much more stable than any of those regions. That's an attractive prospect for a country that relies on a steady flow of resources.
The Americas are also in the midst of an energy boom. From oil sands production in Canada to shale gas in the United States to promising deepwater finds off Brazil, the Americas are quickly becoming an energy powerhouse.