Tuesday Morning Reads - The Best of Politics, Economics, & Ideas

Resuming the Best Reads feature, after more than a fortnight.

• GDP growth to slow in many countries, with an interactive graph. (NYT)

• Has the world abandoned Homs? (BBC)

• China's soft power offensive in Taiwan. (AlJazeera)

• The decline of the West revisited. (Project Syndicate)

• Expect Mark Zuckerberg to morph into Rupert Murdoch. (Reuters)

A funny yet incisive cartoon to start the day; this one is from the Sunday Guardian, by the super-talented Sandeep Adhwaryu.