China’s military announced Monday it was mobilizing army, navy, air and rocket units around Taiwan for “major military drills” aimed at sending a “serious warning” against any push for Taiwanese independence and “external” forcing interfering with the island.

China conducts two-day military exercises around Taiwan with rockets, bombers and assault ships as House Select Committee on China warns of deliberate escalation by Beijing.

From Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping, generations of Communist Party bosses and military leaders invested in a strategic but heavily polluting industry.

China urged the Netherlands on Wednesday to correct what it said were "mistakes" in relation to chipmaker Nexperia and remove obstacles to ensuring the stability of the global chip production and supply chain.

While China hasn't explicitly announced a blanket ban on silver exports, the state-run Securities Times on Tuesday cited an unnamed industry insider, who said the new policy formally elevates the metal from an ordinary commodity to a strategic material, placing its export controls on the same regulatory footing as rare earths.

Several posts and market reports suggest that China and the UAE are aggressively upselling silver amid a supply shock, with retail prices reportedly ranging between $86 and $100 per ounce at local shops. Amid supply constraints and price jumps in physical silver, interest in on-chain tokenized silver is accelerating.

China fired rockets into waters off northern and southern Taiwan on Tuesday and deployed new amphibious assault ships alongside bomber aircraft and destroyers on the second day of its most extensive war games,