Hong Kong stock index falls over 6% to levels last seen in the 2008 crisis, with shares of Alibaba and Tencent down 10% and 8% on fears economic growth will be sacrificed for ideological policies

China's yuan sank to its lowest level since January 2008 on Friday, despite major state banks selling dollars to try to stabilise the weakening currency

Japan's core consumer inflation rate rose 3% last month to a new high, adding pressure on the Bank of Japan and its soft interest rate policy, which has caused the yen to plummet

"A few of the Russian banks are joining hands with UCO Bank and Yes Bank. It will be primarily rupee-basis trade, could be rupee-rouble or could be rupee-riyal," a government official said

The Indian rupee fell to a new low of 83 against the dollar on Wednesday as US interest rate rises pile pressure on Asian currencies

Imports rose by more than 40% for the fifth month in a row, hitting their highest ever level since data began in 1979, according to Japan's MOF

Central bank unable to slow drop past key level, despite vow to buy 100 billion yen ($667 million) of state debt with 10-20 maturities plus another 100bn of bonds with maturities of 5-10 years

Tokyo dodges questions on whether it is already supporting its currency through ‘stealth intervention’ as US dollar’s surge continues

Jakarta’s stock market is Asia's best performer this year and the rupiah held out against a forceful US dollar until last month when it slid slid 2.5%

State banks sold a high volume of US dollars and used swaps and spot trades to defend the weakening yuan on Monday, sources said. One said the operation was 'rather huge'

The soaring US dollar continued to pile the pressure on Japan’s yen on Friday with Tokyo poised to intervene if they see “excessive volatility”

Traders were on the lookout for signs of imminent Japanese intervention to prop up the struggling currency