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Asia markets follow Wall Street’s plunge

Markets in China, Hong Kong off more than 3%; Taiwan hammered

Asian stocks plummeted in early trading Thursday following the skid on Wall Street.

Japan’s Nikkei fell about 4% as stocks got added pressure from the yen’s overnight bounce. The dollar was just above ¥112, versus ¥112.36 in late New York trade and ¥113 Wednesday morning.

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