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To subscribe to the magazine, click here . Financial contagion is once again infecting Asia's markets. It is tempting to dismiss the volatility as a long-overdue shakeout of grossly overvalued Internet stocks. But the scare has emphasized the extent to which investors' sentiment toward Asia has become inextricably tied to the performance of stockmarkets in the United States, and this linkage poses a real risk to Asian economies. By Tom Holland.