Gold, silver futures rise on Wednesday

International gold and silver prices both advanced on Wednesday.

On the New York Mercantile Exchange, gold futures for August delivery rose 1.09 percent to settle at 4,082.40 U.S. dollars per ounce, while silver futures for July delivery gained 0.98 percent to close at 60.511 dollars per ounce.

Chinese mainland on Thursday slammed Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities for turning a blind eye to illegal acts of infringement by Japan and the Philippines, calling them accomplices of external forces in undermining the overall interests of the Chinese nation.

"Japan and the Philippines bypassed China and launched so-called maritime delimitation negotiations in the relevant waters. This constitutes a serious violation of international law and the basic norms governing international relations, gravely infringes upon China's maritime rights and interests, and is utterly illegal and null and void. The law enforcement patrols conducted by the China Coast Guard in the relevant waters are an exercise of jurisdiction in accordance with the law and a necessary response to Japan and the Philippines," said Zhu Fenglian, spokeswoman of State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, at a press briefing in Beijing.

"The DPP authorities, however, have turned a deaf ear and a blind eye to the infringements by Japan and the Philippines and to their damage done to the interests of the people in Taiwan. They are seizing the opportunity to spread the separatist fallacies of 'Taiwan secession' and incite 'anti-China' sentiments. They have thus degenerated into accomplices of external forces in undermining the overall interests of the Chinese nation. Such despicable and shameless conduct will surely be spurned by compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait," Zhu said.