>>9792001 (lb) China is losing, right across the board. And like our domestic enemies, China's allies, they have become irrational as they see it all coming down. Belt & Road is screwed. ASEAN closing ranks against them in S. China Sea. India kicking their asses in the Himalayas. Artificial economy collapsing. Countries like Kenya telling them to get lost. Their American plot collapsing. The peasants will not be happy, or give a hoot about their social score. Some have been crowing for years that the US might break apart, but CHINA looks to be a likelier candidate.
>>9792200 And how much more fake AU is spread across the world? Let's imagine an honest buyer who finds he got hosed, and has a pile of gold plated tungsten in the vault. Likely hypothecated, as you suggest, maybe multiple times. If the party that hosed you has more power, you will keep your mouth shut, and go on with your business as if all was well. Because everything else aside, people will kill over a pair of tennis shoes, let alone 83 tons of gold.