Thai baht near unchanged at 32.71 per US dollar after the Bank of Thailand held policy rate unchanged as expected.

印度央行：國內需求保持強勁，七月和八月系統流動性改善。

China's Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman Zhang Han denounced Lai Ching-te for persisting in a Taiwan‑independence stance and reasserting a "new two‑state" argument, saying Lai has promoted "resisting unification by force" and stoked anti‑China sentiment. Zhang warned this pushes cross‑strait ties toward military risk, said unification is an unstoppable trend and that attempts to "seek independence by force" will accelerate their demise, and urged Taiwan residents to reject separatism to safeguard their security and cross‑strait stability.