Our selection of emerging markets-focused commentary on markets, economics and international policy, updated throughout the week
Too Much Money, Too Few Deals in China - WSJ Blogs
Danger in Xi's rebuff to Obama: Stephens - FT
Why aren’t students learning to speak Indonesian? - FT Beyond Brics
With no enemies in sight, Brazil eyes defense boom: Phillips - Bloomberg View
The End Of Cheap China, Part VI. Vietnam, Burma/Myanmar, Globalization, The Next Big Thing, And Falling Wages - China Law Blog
Banks try equity swaps in frontier markets - FT
Is India's 6% Growth Rate the New Normal? - Wall Street Journal India Real Time
North Korean secrets lie six feet under - Asia Times
Investment banking: A whole new ball game - Euromoney
Magic Mountain (What happens at Davos?)- New Yorker
China is right to open up slowly - FT
My Drone War - Foreign Policy
Pandit Fast Money With Hedge Funds Proves Citigroup Dead End With Spinoffs - Bloomberg
What Does China See in Syria? - The New Yorker
“Liquidity Is The Last Refuge Of The Scoundrel” - The Big Picture
Staring Into The Ukrainian Economic And Political Abyss - Fistful of Euros
The Euro Crisis – An Interview with Larry Hatheway, UBS Chief Economist - AllAboutAlpha
Bull Market for Bear Bile Leads to China IPO: Adam Minter
Investment and Political Risks Spur Capital Outflow from Russia - ISI Emerging Markets
Why do entrepreneurs locate where they do? - VoxEu
Rmb: of limited use? - FT, Beyond Brics
A Scorsese in Lagos - New York Times
For our pick of EM reads from previous weeks, see our archive.