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Its acid-bright houses are home to the city's Cape Malay community - descendants of people from India, Malaysia and other South East Asian countries who settled the area as early as the 17th century - and the cuisine is a spicy, aromatic, and sometimes strange, mix of Asian, European and Mediterranean flavours.
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Since China and Malaysia peg their currencies to the dollar, and many other Asian countries track it closely, Japan and the euro area would bear the brunt of the dollar's fall.
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Beijing has agreed a host of energy deals with other countries in the past year, including Venezuela and Malaysia, and is currently negotiating with Iran over gas imports.
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