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Chinese stocks closed higher on Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 1.05 percent, at 3,166.65 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 2 percent higher at 10,775.71 points. The ChiNext Index, which tracks China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, gained 3.60 percent to close at 1,844.69 points.