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The AI Order Book, Read From Taiwan

South Korea spent Monday closed for the Liberation Day observance, and the region barely noticed.

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Thomas Look
Aug 17, 2026
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Hong Kong ran +1.6% to 25,516 into this morning’s China data, Taipei added +0.4%, Tokyo +0.3% on a narrow session — the Asian legs that were open kept carrying, which is exactly what the weekend’s Weekly Signal said they would need to do.

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