Rio Times · Asia Intelligence Brief July 14
—Markets Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 3.8% as Hormuz and Japan-China tensions drove a sharp regional sell-off.
—Military stand-off Beijing deployed six naval vessels near the Senkaku Islands after Japanese PM Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks.
—Oil scramble India activated a 1.2 million barrel-per-day crude swap with the UAE to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.
—Myanmar outrage The military bombed a Sagaing village hours after a UN aid plea, adding to the quake’s 3,450 dead.
