Gray-Zone Blockade Pressure
−1.3%
Beijing converts the naval maneuver into a sustained gray-zone campaign, using the PLA Navy, China Coast Guard, and maritime militia to normalize encirclement without formally closing Taiwan’s ports. This raises insurance, shipping, and semiconductor-supply risk but stops short of triggering a U.S.-China military confrontation.
What it moves
- Technology−2.2%
- Consumer Cyclicals−1.3%
- Riskier companies' borrowing costs
- Market volatility
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