China has plans to invade Taiwan as soon as next fall, reported Al Jazeera in a tweet citing Newsweek on a Russian intelligence document. Traders are treating the report with skepticism. Many geopolitical analysts had viewed recent geopolitical events regarding Russia's invasion of Ukraine as likely to dissuade China from mounting an assault on Taiwan in the near term (i.e. the strong Western response, Russia's difficulties in achieving its military goals amid unexpectedly spirited resistance).