China's August consumer price index fell 0.4% year over year, missing expectations of a 0.2% drop by economists polled by Reuters.
Asia-Pacific markets rose Wednesday, tracking gains on Wall Street, as hopes for a rate cut by the Federal Reserve rose, while investors also assessed August inflation data from China.
Mainland China's CSI 300 was up 0.46%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Inde... [1994 chars]