Asia stocks unsettled by Hong Kong unrest, dollar holds gains

Asian markets were in hesitant mood on Tuesday as investors wondered what China's response would be to civil unrest in Hong Kong, while the U.S. Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters blocked Hong Kong streets in the early hours on Tuesday, in one of the biggest political challenges to Beijing since the Tiananmen Square crackdown 25 years ago. The HSBC survey of manufacturing (PMI) for September is due out later Tuesday and is expected to show a final reading around 50.5, up from 50.2 in August. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan lost another 0.1 percent having fallen sharply on Monday.

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