Some interesting reading

I ran across this today, from the (UK) Financial Times.  It's a blog dedicated to what we call "emerging markets" or "poorer countries."

Remeber that shorthand here -- BRIC, or Brazil, Russia, India and China, or the economies of the 21st century.

A few interesting posts:

Sina and Tencent: dark clouds and silver linings (microblogging in China).  Also, the Economist article on why Chinese and Japanese are such good languages for microblogging.

Filling a Gap in South Africa (clothing retailing)