China withdrew 59.12 tonnes of gold bullion from the Shanghai Gold Exchange for the week ending 13 February.
This makes 374 tonnes year to date.
China has withdrawn a total of 8,288 tonnes of gold from the SGE.
Every empire in its official discourse has said it is not like the others, that its circumstances are special, that it has a mission to enlighten, civilize, bring order and democracy, and that it uses force only as a last resort. And, sadder still, there always is a chorus of willing intellectuals to say calming words about benign or altruistic empires, as if one shouldn't one's eyes watching the destruction and the misery and death brought by the latest 'mission civilisatrice.' Edward W. Said