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Back in 2011, around the time gold hits its previous cycle high, South Korea surprised the fiat world when it revealed that it had spent more than a billion dollars in its first gold purchase in more than a decade, as uncertainty about global growth and sovereign debt push central banks around the world to diversify foreign reserves. It then proceeds to buy a lot more gold (relatively speaking) for the next year and a half before halting purchases indefinitely once again in 2013. It now holds 104.4 tonnes of…
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🚫🟣 — 🇺🇸 Fox News | China threatens retaliation for Taiwan, TikTok law signed by Biden | Newly passed bill gives ByteDance nine months to sell popular app or be banned in the US | April 29, 2024:
"China on Monday is threatening to take "resolute and forceful steps" to defend itself after President Biden recently signed a bill that provides foreign aid to Taiwan and forces TikTok’s China-based owner to sell the app or be banned in the U.S.
The legislation approved by Biden last Wednesday offers $95 billion in assistance to Ukraine and Israel, including nearly $2 billion to replenish U.S. weapons provided to Taiwan and other regional allies, according to The Associated Press. It also gives ByteDance nine months to sell TikTok, as well as a possible three-month extension if a sale is in progress.
"China firmly rejects the U.S. passing and signing into law the military aid package containing negative content on China," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said in a briefing Monday. "We have lodged serious representations to the U.S."
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🔗 Full:China on Monday is threatening to take "resolute and forceful steps" to defend itself after President Biden recently signed a bill that provides foreign aid to Taiwan and forces TikTok’s China-based owner to sell the app or be banned in the U.S. The legislation approved by Biden last Wednesday offers $95 billion in assistance to Ukraine and Israel, including nearly $2 billion to replenish U.S. weapons provided to Taiwan and other regional allies, according to The Associated Press. It also gives ByteDance nine…
The recently approved Hong Kong Bitcoin spot ETFs began trading today, but saw relatively low volume on their first day. The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) approved 6 total spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs last week. Bitcoin Magazine's Vivek Sun reports that the three Bitcoin ETFs that went live overnight include the ChinaAMC Bitcoin ETF, Harvest Bitcoin ETF, and Bosera HashKey Bitcoin ETF. Despite the excitement surrounding the launch, the total trading volume for all Hong Kong Bitcoin ETFs…
Russia will soon showcase a parade of NATO vehicles captured from the battlefield in Ukraine. Or rather, we might say that Putin is about to show off his 'trophy vehicles'. A month-long exhibit displaying the Western military equipment will run starting May 1st at Moscow's Victory Park, and which will be featured alongside the capital's annual Red Square Victory Day Parade on May 9 which commemorates the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two.
A sudden surge in Ukrainian drone strikes targeting Russia's vast energy industry materialized early last week (read here) and continued into the weekend (read here). To combat drone strikes on refineries and crude and or crude product storage tanks, "cope cages" have been installed to fortify at least one refinery against potential aerial threats. The proliferation of drones on the modern battlefield in Eastern Europe, more specifically in Ukraine, has been absolutely stunning to spectate over the last two…
Authored by John Cody via ReMix News, The news about Alternative for Germany (AfD) MEP Maximilian Krah’s assistant and his arrest for suspected espionage on behalf of China continues to make national headlines, but as more information comes out, the more German intelligence and the political establishment continue to look worse and worse. Now, news reports have revealed that Krah’s employee, Chinese-German national Jian G., worked for the German domestic intelligence service for years before joining the AfD…
Who could have seen this coming? In November 2023, with gold trading around $1900/oz, we highlighted the beginning of a precious metal buying-binge from China, noting that the prcie for physical gold had never been more expensive at the time (while western gold prices were still below their prior record highs). Additionally we noted the total lack of demand for so-called 'paper gold' via ETFs as holdigs underlying these vehicles was declining, as investors rotated from paper to physical:
Развитие логистики двойного назначения на восточном фланге НАТО На фоне учений Quadriga 2024 в Европе идёт проработка вопросов использования в военных целях гражданской логистической инфраструктуры («Военный шенген»). В этом значительную роль играет фонд ЕС Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). Уже начата реконструкция ж/д «Чоп–Ужгород» (Закарпатская обл.) под евроколею (1430 мм). Работы на украинском участке - часть проекта CEF, предусматривающего до конца 2027 года модернизацию транспортной инфраструктуры для увеличения перемещения в ЕС грузов, в т.ч. "двойного назначения" (так в документах написано, программа Военная мобильность). CEF взял на себя 50% расходов (от 128,2 млн. €) в модернизации трёх ж/д пунктов пропуска (ППР) между Венгрией, Словакией и Украиной, двух ппр на польско-украинской границе и одного - на румыно-украинской. Предусмотрены работы на ж/д Украины: от ст. Чоп до ст. Черна-над-Тисоу (Словакия) и Захонь (Венгрия) и участке Батьево–Боржава–Виноградов–Дьяково. Планируется реконструкция автомобильных ППР Лужанка (Украина) – Берегсураны (Венгрия), Захонь-Чоп и Сирет (Румыния)-Порубное (Украина). Без шума в рамках CEF работы начались уже в 2022 году: с марта расширяется терминал INTERPORT на ж/д ст. Ханиске-при-Кошице (Словакия, 53 млн. €, завершение 2026 г.), начата реконструкция двух ВПП (700 и 1800 м) и польского аэропорта Жешув-Ясенка (16,5 млн. €, 2024-2025 годы). В мае 2023 года начата реконструкция ж/д инфраструктуры сортировочной ст. Валу-луй-Траяне (Румыния) и ж/д ст. в порту Констанца (43,5 млн. €, 2025-2026 годы). Только через аэродром Жешув еженедельно доставляются тысячи тонн военных грузов для Украины, его модернизация позволит принимать борты круглосуточно. ⭐️Развитие НАТО логистики - уже тенденция и делает очевидной подготовку к войне с Россией. Создаваемая инфраструктура, помимо доставки военных грузов на Украину, будет использоваться для вывоза оставшихся украинских ресурсов, сельхозпродукции и ценностей в Европу в счёт погашения непомерных долгов Украины. Два майора