beyondbrics

From the FT,

• Sunil Bharti Mittal tells FT Africa is the continent of hope
• Dubai: A trade to ply
• China builds birdges to fuel its engine room
• Interview with Lenovo’s Liu Chuanzhi: The man who took his chance
• Japan revises its role in the China market

From elsewhere,

• Can G8 survive without China?
• Reuters Special Report: China’s new migrant workers pushing the line
• Mark Mobius says: focus on the renminbi, commodities and real estate
• Jeff Frankels Early Warning Indicators for global financial earthquakes
• Michael Pettis asks: What do banking crises have to do with consumption?
• The Moscow Times examines the Khodorkovsky card