http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/china-has-stopped-stockpiling-metals/2009/07/01/ An independent perspective on the Australian and global investment markets Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:39:45 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/china-has-stopped-stockpiling-metals/2009/07/01/comment-page-1/#comment-86960 Ebden Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:58:31 +0000 http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/?p=6446#comment-86960 There may be national security as well as economic reasons for the Chinese stockpiling raw materials. A strategic reserve of resources is a sensible precaution against economic sanctions or naval blockade. Tension may rise between the US and China as circumstances change, e.g. Chinese dump US bonds, competition over energy, issues with Taiwan etc. There may be national security as well as economic reasons for the Chinese stockpiling raw materials. A strategic reserve of resources is a sensible precaution against economic sanctions or naval blockade. Tension may rise between the US and China as circumstances change, e.g. Chinese dump US bonds, competition over energy, issues with Taiwan etc.

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