Chinese mainland and Hong Kong stock markets are opening much lower – balloon tensions | Forexlive

US military shot down the Chinese spy balloon on Sunday.

This from Friday ICYMI:

Canada’s Department of National Defence on China spy balloon – monitoring a 2nd incident

Chinese shares are being slammed lower at the open.

• CSI300 opening around 0.9% lower
• Shanghai Compisite opening -0.6%
• Hong Kong Hang Seng down more than 2%
• HK tech index down more than 3%

Also weighing, of course, if the blockbuster US jobs report on Friday:

Japan is escaping the carnage, the Nikkei is +0.9%. On the dove-in-waiting news. Speculation regarding BOJ Dep Gov Amamiya being approached to become the new gov. once Kuroda’s term expires on April 8:

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HK’s Hang Seng: