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Central banks in the east, particularly china, have been increasing their gold stock for years. And now it seems Korea is joining the party as it purchased 14 tonnes of gold in November. This increases it gold reserves to 84.4 tonnes likely raising its ranking among central banks from 40th to 36th.
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I make no apology for returning to the subject of China, its role in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, and gold. Gold is now a strategic metal for present and future SCO governments, which between them have over 40% of the world’s population; and now that the price of gold is re-establishing its rising trend, understanding its future role as a replacement for the US dollar is increasingly urgent, because gold is wealth and this wealth is being transferred from west to east.
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