How much should we read into China’s gold "purchases"?

The revelation of a jump in China’s official gold holdings is supporting gold prices and reviving fears that reserve diversification will undermine other dollar assets, notably US Treasuries. But the more we dig behind the headlines, the less significant this revelation seems to be.

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