Chinese military exercises around
Taiwan
go on.
The Eastern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army announced that it has continued to organize joint maneuvers "in the sea and in the space around the island" today.
The goal, reads a note posted on social media by the Command in the early afternoon, is to "concentrate on organizing containment and support operations".
China
is using air and sea drills around Taiwan to prepare for the island invasion and to change the status quo in the Asia-Pacific region
.
This is what Taipei Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said, according to which "China used the exercises and its military manual to prepare for the invasion of Taiwan".
Speaking at a press conference, Wu added that "Beijing's real intention is to alter the status quo in the Taiwan Strait and the entire Asia-Pacific region."
Equity markets in Asia and the Pacific area are all around par, with traders appearing to be waiting above all for inflation from the United States tomorrow, which will affect the monetary policies of the Federal Reserve.
Despite continued Chinese military pressure,
he holds the Taiwan Stock Exchange
, which is closing up 0.2%.
The Tokyo price list was down by 0.8%, around parity in both Hong Kong and the Chinese markets of Shanghai and Shenzhen.
Up 0.4% Seoul, with Sidney, where several stocks are listed that could anticipate the start of their sectors in Europe, which closed with a marginal increase of 0.1%.
Futures on the departure of the European stock exchanges were flat with a slight negative pitch.