Week in, and week out.
Physical gold bullion is flowing from West to East.
Lars Schall interviews German banker Folker Hellmeyer "The Physical Markets of the East Will Prevail"
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