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on august 20 -- on august 19. heidi: we remember the shock devaluation. deftly going down as one of the policy missteps. i think most agree and we saw -- to try to get that back under control to regain credibility and the confidence of the markets and we also had the equity rise and fall for the shanghai cop. that market has not recovered. -- that ise shadows an argument that bloomberg intelligence makes when it comes to opening up reform. this one statement saying they will improve the framework of regulation when it comes to monetary policy going forward and also see interest rates and exchange rates become more market-based. not a lot of detail. he spoke about the yuan trading ban. -- we're looking ahead. potentially there is a financial work conference so we may get more details whether that will give us more of a roadmap going forward for the next five years the next three months. the other thing we are washing we have been with the , he has for so long now really been around and at the 2002 and is known as the great reformer. the past three days he has been ringing the alarm b

economic policies. raimi? raimi: that is it for daybreak asia. richarkets continue with and heidi next. stand by for bloomberg markets. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> in hong kong and over in singapore, it's 9:00 monday evening in new york eddie. i'm rishaad. >> this is bloomberg markets asia. ♪ >> investors awaited wave of earnings, the dollar steady in the yen near a three-month loan. >> struggling to maintain its record rally, he says the markets do

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playstation, right? that is it for daybreak asia. market coverage continues with rish and heidi next. standby for bloomberg markets. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ 9:00 a.m. in hong kong. 9:00 tuesday evening new york city. i am rishaad salamat. i am haidi lun in sydney. this is "bloomberg markets: asia." ♪ rishaad: a former advisor claiming president trump's campaign team approved the meeting with moscow. president trump says he is a liar. testifying about russia's manipulation of social media saying the

billion in damage. producer heidi weinstein has been fired by the agency he cofounded after allegations of serial sexual harassment. hisweinstein company says dismissal is in light of new information about misconduct that has emerged in the last few days. he had already stepped down from the company after the new york times reported settlements with at least eight women claiming harassment. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. >> thank you. we are seeing a regional wrench mark rising. -- benchmark rising. not a great amount of action you would normally expect at this time of day. japan and south korea closed today, taiwan also closed. we're waiting to see what will happen when the chinese markets reopen after that long week holiday. look at what we are seeing, australia and new zealand both marching higher. up by 7/10 of 1% in the first hour of trade. mining stocks lead the gains. also the new zealand market looking solid. the worst-performing currency in the asia region today down by one third of 1