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Chinese investors have been rattled by fears Beijing will choose ideology over the economy while traders in Japan were buoyed by positive earnings reports
Securities regulators recently asked fund managers to prevent an excessive proportion of institutional investors in money market funds. At least 20% must be invested in liquid assets.
China's onshore yuan dropped to a near 15-year low on Tuesday after global investors dumped Chinese stocks and assets on Monday
Southeast Asia's largest economy has been enjoying an export boom for more than a year due to rising commodity prices
China's top exports to Russia included smartphones, generator sets, excavators and containers, while imports from Russia also rose 55%.
The dollar weathered more suspected intervention to stabilise the yen on Monday, and even though officials are spending billions to defend the currency the BoJ is tipped to stick with its low rate policy
Hong Kong shares plummeted as investors fretted over China’s recovery prospects after Xi Jinping revealed his new leadership team
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
Japanese PM Fumio Kishida said the two nations had been working to achieve a free and open Indo-Pacific under "an increasingly severe strategic environment"
"I think with China it's the same as with Russia. It is in their interest that we are divided," Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said
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