Tuesday’s treat from the beyondbrics team: Lex on the construction machinery land-grab; who is Africa’s ideal development partner?; a $1.3bn decision that encapsulates Indonesia’s problems; China’s equivalent of Twitter, Sina Weibo, damaged by high-profile snubs; and why twitter itself will regret flirting with censorship.
From the Financial Times
Letting China’s economy bloom
Sany Heavy: China digs in, Lex
Emerging market currencies off to flying start
From elsewhere:
How to prevent a power contest in Southeast Asia, The Nation
India: Food Bill Stumbling? The Diplomat
Taking back seat inadvisable for China in Africa, Global Times
Intellectual Microblog Exodus? The Diplomat
Twitter: Birdbrained, Foreign Policy
Indonesia Scraps Crucial Port Project, Asia Sentinel
Stefan Wagstyl
Josh Noble
Rob Minto
Pan Kwan Yuk
Jonathan Wheatley
Heba Saleh