China
Oil prices fell on Thursday.
The West Texas Intermediate for August delivery lost 1.81 U.S. dollars, or 2.65 percent, to settle at 66.57 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Brent crude for September delivery lost 1.55 dollars, or 2.21 percent, to settle at 68.64 dollars a barrel on the London ICE Futures Exchange.
Crude futures settle lower
The coast guard of east China's Fujian Province on Tuesday continued to organize law enforcement patrol in the waters off the Taiwan Island.
Zhu Anqing, spokesperson of China Coast Guard's East Sea Bureau, said the patrol focused on drills such as verification and identification, warning and expulsion, as well as visit, board, search and seizure, which tested the forces' regional control capabilities.
Fujian coast guard conducts law enforcement, control drills near Taiwan Island
