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U.S. Exports Nearly All Gold Mine Supply To Hong Kong – Gold Leaving #US Vaults: Signs of Upcoming Currency War and Armed Conflict
– U.S. Exports Nearly All Gold Mine Supply To Hong Kong:
The U.S. gold exports to Hong Kong surged in February consuming nearly all of the domestic gold mine supply. According to the USGS recent Gold Mineral Industry Survey, February gold exports to Hong Kong more than doubled compared to the prior month. This was an interesting increase in gold demand from Hong Kong as the market price increased slightly month over month.
Not only did gold exports to Hong Kong jump, but total U.S. gold exports also increased 40% from 36.1 metric tons (mt) in January to 50.4 mt in February.
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Gold Leaving #US Vaults: Signs of Upcoming Currency War and Armed Conflict https://t.co/wOl37YeCL9 pic.twitter.com/8kT6CT9mCU
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Hong Kong dumps BBC World Service for Chinese state broadcaster
– Hong Kong dumps BBC World Service for Chinese state broadcaster:
HONG KONG’S public broadcaster RTHK dropped a 24-hour BBC World Service channel from its airwaves today, replacing it with state radio from China in what critics say is a sign of encroaching Chinese control in the former British colony.
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H/t reader kevin a.
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GRAND FORMAT. Hongkong : l’enfer des “maisons-cages” d’un mètre carré
Agenda 21!
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– GRAND FORMAT. Hongkong : l’enfer des “maisons-cages” d’un mètre carré:
L’une des villes les plus prospères de la planète cache ses exclus dans des “maisons-cercueils”. Le photographe Benny Lam témoigne de leurs conditions de vie indignes.
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H/t reader I.G.
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Hong Kong Is Building The Biggest Gold Vault And Trading Hub In The World
A 2011 file photo of honorary permanent president Haywood Cheung Tak-hay
of the Chinese Gold & Silver Exchange Society (centre) while conducting duties
as then president. Photo: Edward Wong
– Hong Kong Is Building The Biggest Gold Vault And Trading Hub In The World:
Less than a week after the official launch of the Chinese Yuan-denominated gold fix on the Shanghai Gold Exchange, a historic move which represents “an ambitious step to exert more control over the pricing of the metal and boost its influence in the global bullion market” and which will gradually transform the market of paper gold trading, in the process shifting the global trading hub from west (London) to east (China), overnight Hong Kong’s Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange (CGSE) Society revealed plans to do something similar for physical gold when it announced plans for what may end up being the biggest gold vault in the world.
As reported initially by SCMP, the Hong Kong gold exchange has teamed up with the world’s biggest bank by both assets and market cap, China’s Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) to launch gold trading services in the Qianhai free trade zone in September, providing custodial and physical settlement service targeted at commercial users and precious metals traders, according to the exchange head.
Read moreHong Kong Is Building The Biggest Gold Vault And Trading Hub In The World
Hong Kong Real Estate Price Plunges 70% In Latest Government Land Sale
– Hong Kong Real Estate Price Plunges 70% In Latest Government Land Sale:
One place that provides some glimpse into true price discovery was the just completed government tender, in which a parcel of land sold by the government in the New Territories went for nearly 70% less per square foot than a similar transaction in September.
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The War on Cash: A Country by Country Guide
– The War on Cash: A Country by Country Guide:
Corbett Reporteers will be no stranger to the war on cash. I’ve made videos discussing it, conducted interviews about it, written articles examining it and dissected it on the radio.
The war has been waged through mainstream propaganda outlets, TV advertisements and even children’s games.
We’ve heard cash is dirtied by drug dealing, tarnished by terrorism, tainted by tax evasion (heaven forbid!) and just plain dirty. Not to mention sooooo outdated.
China Contagion Spills Over To Hong Kong Banks As HIBOR Explodes To Record High, Stocks Tumble
– China Contagion Spills Over To Hong Kong Banks As HIBOR Explodes To Record High, Stocks Tumble:
Chinese stocks are trading at the lows of the day after Overnight HIBOR rates (Hong Kong’s interbank borrowing rate) exploded a stunning 939bps to a record high 13.4%. It is clear that banks are utterly desperate for liquidity and/or are extremely concerned about one another’s counterparty risk. This has dragged HSCEI down 5% (to its lowest since Oct 2011).
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Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Publicly Tells Citizens to ‘Act More Like Sheep’
– Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Publicly Tells Citizens to “Act More Like Sheep” (Liberty Blitzkrieg, Feb 18, 2015):
Hong Kong’s unpopular chief executive has infuriated pro-democracy campaigners by using a Chinese New Year message to urge the former colony’s citizens to act more “like sheep”.
“In the coming year, I hope that all people in Hong Kong will take inspiration from the sheep’s character and pull together in an accommodating manner to work for Hong Kong’s future.”
In case his message had been missed, Mr Leung noted that the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac had 12 individual “character types”. “Sheep are widely seen to be mild and gentle animals living peacefully in groups,” he said.
– From the Telegraph article: Hong Kong leader tells people to act like ‘sheep’
This is simply a spectacular admission from a clueless authoritarian. No wonder things are so volatile in Hong Kong with this clown in charge. Rather than quieting the mood, CY Leung’s comments are more likely to infuriate the island’s youth and strength their resolve. Not smart.
Read moreHong Kong’s Chief Executive Publicly Tells Citizens to ‘Act More Like Sheep’
BofA Banker Arrested In Hong Kong For Double Murder Of Two Prostitutes, One Victim Was Stuffed In A Suitcase
– BofA Banker Arrested In Hong Kong For Double Murder Of Two Prostitutes, One Victim Was Stuffed In A Suitcase (ZeroHedge, Nov 2, 2014):
The excesses of 1980s New York investment banking as captured best (and with just a dose of hyperbole) by Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho may be long gone in the US, but they certainly are alive and well in other banking meccas, such as the one place where every financier wants to work these days (thanks to the Chinese government making it rain credit): Hong Kong. It is here that yesterday a 29-year-old British banker, Rurik Jutting, a Cambridge University grad and current Bank of America Merrill Lynch, former Barclays employee, was arrested in connection with the grisly murder of two prostitutes. One of the two victims had been hidden in a suitcase on a balcony, while the other, a foreign woman of between 25 and 30, was found lying inside the apartment with wounds to her neck and buttocks, the police said in a statement.
As Reuters reports, the Hong Kong police said that a 29-year-old foreign man had been detained earlier that day after two women were found dead in an expensive apartment in Wan Chai, a central city district known for its night life.
China Claims US Behind Hong Kong Protests
… and rightfully so:
– Entire ‘Occupy Central’ Protest Scripted In Washington
– Dr. Paul Craig Roberts: US Government Is Funding The Hong Kong ‘Student Protests’
– US Openly Approves Hong Kong Chaos it Created
– China Claims US Behind Hong Kong Protests (The Diplomat, Oct 12, 2014):
A commentary in the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party on Saturday accused the U.S. of trying to foment a “color revolution” in Hong Kong.
The commentary, which was entitled “Why is the U.S. so keen on ‘Color Revolutions’?”, appeared on the front page of the The People’s Daily overseas editions on Saturday. The People’s Daily is the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party.
The commentary deems it “inevitable” that the U.S. actions towards Hong Kong “will be associated with the US involvement in the ‘Color Revolutions’ in the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Middle East, North Africa and elsewhere.” The People’s Daily then slams the U.S. for pretending to be interested in democracy when it is really only trying to advance its “strategic interests.” For the United States, the commentary claims, a “‘democratic’ country is one that conducts its affairs in line with American interests.”
The commentary ends by stating that “U.S. may enjoy the sweet taste of interfering in other countries’ internal affairs, but on the issue of Hong Kong it stands little chance of overcoming the determination of the Chinese government to maintain stability and prosperity.”
Entire ‘Occupy Central’ Protest Scripted In Washington
– Entire “Occupy Central” Protest Scripted in Washington (Activist Post, Oct 5, 2014):
Protest co-organizer Martin Lee sets stage, introduces “Occupy Central” characters in April 2014 talk before US State Department’s National Endowment for Democracy.
The slogans, leaders, and agenda of the “Occupy Central” movement are supposedly the manifestations of Hong Kong’s desire for “total democracy,” “universal suffrage,” and “freedom.” In reality, the leaders of “Occupy Central” are verified to be directly backed, funded, and directed by the US State Department , its National Endowment for Democracy (NED), and its subsidiary, the National Democratic Institute (NDI).
Read moreEntire ‘Occupy Central’ Protest Scripted In Washington
OccupyCentral Protesters End Government Building Blockade After Hong Kong Police Unleash Tear Gas, Pepper Spray “To Avoid Injuries”
– OccupyCentral Protesters End Government Building Blockade After Hong Kong Police Unleash Tear Gas, Pepper Spray “To Avoid Injuries” (ZeroHedge, Oct 5, 2014):
UPDATE: According to the latest feed from OccupyCentral, protesters are refusing to leave the Lung Wo Road government building blockade…
After a night of ‘some’ discussions and a re-escalation of violence – which saw police use tear gas and pepper spray (in their words avoiding the use of batons and “reducing injuries”), OccupyCentral protesters have decided to leave the area outside the Hong Kong office of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying in Mong Kok. Protesters are reportedly moving back towards the Admiralty site where thousands remain ahead of tomorrow’s deadline ultimatum from the HK leader. Officials are in full court press PR mode, explaining on every TV channel and media outlet just how significant the disruptions will be on Monday to the general public (notably the older generation as 95% of OccupyCentral protesters are between 15 and 25). Protest leaders have agreed to continue dialog with the government if protest sites are protected and while tomorrow’s deadline may see more escalation (in the name of public order), as The Telegraph notes, given the age of the protesters, Hong Kong could face decades of protests.
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Violence Erupts As Hong Kong’s Leader Threatens To Use “All Necessary Measures To Restore Social Order”
– Violence Erupts As Hong Kong’s Leader Threatens To Use “All Necessary Measures To Restore Social Order” (ZeroHedge, Oct 4, 2014):
Having tried (unsuccessfully) to break up the pro-democracy protesters in the heart of Hong Kong using local triad gangs (as opposed to the optics of actual police), it appears the Chinese government is rolling back from its “wait-and-see” approach and becoming more aggressive once again. Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, as DPA reports, demanded protesters end their blockade of major roads by Monday, or the government will take “all necessary measures to restore social order.” Tensions continue to rise, with clashes breaking out sporadically, as the protesters have broken off talks with the government. As fears of another Tiananmen square debacle loom, former Hong Kong governor Chris Patten noted, “I cannot believe it would be so stupid as to do anything like send in the army.”
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Dr. Paul Craig Roberts: US Government Is Funding The Hong Kong ‘Student Protests’
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury during President Reagan’s first term. He was Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal. He has held numerous academic appointments, including the William E. Simon Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University, and Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
– US Government Is Funding The Hong Kong “Student Protests” (Paul Craig Roberts, Oct. 1, 2014):
US Government Is Funding The Hong Kong “Student Protests”
Guest column by Tony CartalucciBy Tony Cartalucci
Global Research, October 01, 2014Url of this article:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/us-now-admits-it-is-funding-occupy-central-in-hong-kong/5405680
Just as the US admitted shortly after the so-called “Arab Spring” began spreading chaos across the Middle East that it had fully funded, trained, and equipped both mob leaders and heavily armed terrorists years in advance, it is now admitted that the US State Department through a myriad of organizations and NGOs is behind the so-called “Occupy Central” protests in Hong Kong.
The Washington Post would report in an article titled, “Hong Kong erupts even as China tightens screws on civil society,” that:Read moreDr. Paul Craig Roberts: US Government Is Funding The Hong Kong ‘Student Protests’
US Openly Approves Hong Kong Chaos it Created
– US Openly Approves Hong Kong Chaos it Created (nsnbc, Sep. 30, 2014):
By Tony Cartalucci
The “Occupy Central” protests in Hong Kong continue on – destabilizing the small southern Chinese island famous as an international hub for corporate-financier interests, and before that, the colonial ambitions of the British Empire. Those interests have been conspiring for years to peel the island away from Beijing after it was begrudgingly returned to China in the late 1990?s, and use it as a springboard to further destabilize mainland China.
Behind the so-called “Occupy Central” protests, which masquerade as a “pro-democracy” movement seeking “universal suffrage” and “full democracy,” is a deep and insidious network of foreign financial, political, and media support. Prominent among them is the US State Department and its National Endowment for Democracy (NED) as well as NED’s subsidiary, the National Democratic Institute (NDI).
Image: The US now openly supports chaos on the streets of Hong Kong, this after condemning “occupy” protests in Bangkok earlier this year. The difference being in Thailand, protests sought to oust a US proxy, Hong Kong protests seek to put one into power.
Now, the US has taken a much more overt stance in supporting the chaos their own manipulative networks have prepared and are now orchestrating. The White House has now officially backed “Occupy Central.” Reuters in its article, “White House Shows Support For Aspirations Of Hong Kong People,” would claim:
Stunning Drone Clip Reveals Massive Size Of Hong Kong Protest
– Stunning Drone Clip Reveals Massive Size Of Hong Kong Protest (ZeroHedge, Sep 29, 2014):
Ferguson was for amateurs.
For those curious why the Hong Kong protests over the weekend have sent shivers across the world’s capital markets, pushed the Hang Seng 2% lower, and impacted both European and US futures, not to mention leading to worries that China may get involved any second and result in another Tiananmen square event, the following clip from HK’s Apple Daily, taken by a drone, shows just how massive the demonstrations, which according to some estimates involved just why of 100,000 people, taking place in Hong Kong are.
As Mashable adds, “far from a small protest by a limited number of outspoken citizens, the video shows just how large the movement to preserve Hong Kong’s democratic elections has become. Currently, the protests have grown so large that parts of Hong Kong’s business district have been brought to a standstill, prompting the temporary closure of 17 local banks. In addition to the drone footage, Apple Daily has also posted a live video stream of the protests, allowing the world to watch as events develop in real time.”
Hong Kong Stocks Tumble Erase 2014 Gains, Volatility Soars As Protests Freeze City: Full Summary
– Hong Kong Stocks Tumble Erase 2014 Gains, Volatility Soars As Protests Freeze City: Full Summary (ZeroHedge, Sep 29, 2014):
The Hong Kong protests, which we covered over the weekend, and which took a dramatic turn for the worse overnight when thousands of students camped out and demand universal suffrage on the city streets and were in turn tear-gassed and arrested en masse by the local riot police demanding students disperse or else, and where the leader of the student protest, Joshua Wong – who had been previously arrested and was released on Sunday night – has openly called for the resignation of Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying in an interview with Hong Kong Cable TV, have done the unthinkable: they have impacted financial markets and the “wealth effect” transmission mechanism of the local billionaires.
Here as a summary of the latest market activity via Bloomberg:
- Hang Seng Index declines 2.25% after falling as much as 2.5%, most since Feb. 4; erases YTD gains
- MSCI Hong Kong Index drops as much as 3.2%, most since Nov. 2011
- HSI Volatility Index surges as much as 27%, most since Aug. 2011
- HKD weakens as much as 0.09% against USD to HK$7.7648, most since Dec. 2011
‘Disperse Or We Fire’ – Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas At Protesting Students
– “Disperse Or We Fire”- Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas At Protesting Students: Live Webcast (ZeroHedge, Sep 28, 2014):
Yesterday we reported that the biggest riot over the weekend was not in Ferguson (although things there are hardly stable after a local police officer was shot in the violent town overnight) but in Hong Kong, where students and other mostly young people are protesting the recent loss of their democratic vote powers and thus “the loss of their freedom.” Since then things have gotten from bad to worse when late last night Hong Kong declared the start of the Occupy Central disobedience campaign, leading to violent skirmishes with the police, which over the past hour have included the use of tear gas by the police as well as the first outright warning by the cops demanding that the student protesters disperse or risk being fired upon.
A standoff between police and pro-democracy protesters intensified near where thousands have converged in the past days to demand free elections.
Read more‘Disperse Or We Fire’ – Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas At Protesting Students
This Riot Is Not In Ferguson, It Is In Hong Kong
– This Riot Is Not In Ferguson, It Is In Hong Kong (ZeroHedge, Sep 27, 2014):
No, this is not Ferguson: it is, according to many, the world’s most capitalist city, Hong Kong, where over the past few hours, around 50,000 students are said to have massed on late Saturday, demanding more democracy, as tensions grew over Beijing’s decision to rule out free elections in the former British colony.
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What You Can Learn Fom The Founders Of Hong Kong
– What you can learn from the founders of Hong Kong (Sovereign Man, Feb 5, 2014):
As you may know, I’m an avid reader. I devour especially historical accounts of any kind, because I consider lessons of history to be invaluable. As the Latin proverb says: Historia magistra vitae est—history is life’s teacher.One of my all-time favorite books is a novel by James Clavell, Tai-pan. It’s the second book in his series of six novels known as The Asian Saga—a fictional account of historical facts.
Hedgefond-Manager: Bundesbank Gold Is Gone … And Is Safely Stored In Accounts Of Investors In Hong Kong
And why does it take 7 years to repatriate 19 % of Germany’s gold reserves?
– Bundesbank to Repatriate 674 Tons of Gold to Germany by 2020 (Bloomberg, Jan 16, 2013):
The Bundesbank will repatriate 674 metric tons of gold from vaults in Paris and New York by 2020 to restore public confidence in the safety of Germany’s reserves.
The phased relocation of the gold, currently worth about 27 billion euros ($36 billion), will begin this year and result in half of Germany’s reserves being stored in Frankfurt by the end of the decade, the Bundesbank said in a statement today. It will bring home all 374 tons of its gold held at the Banque de France and a further 300 tons from the New York Federal Reserve, it said. Holdings at the Bank of England will remain unchanged.
And the other 50%???
Flashback:
Back in the mid-1920s, the head of the German Central Bank, Herr Hjalmar Schacht, went to New York to see Germany’s gold. However the NY Fed officials were unable to find the palette of Germany’s gold bullion. The Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Benjamin Strong was mortified, but to put him at ease Herr Schacht turned to him and said ‘Never mind, I believe you when you when you say the gold is there. Even if it weren’t you are good for its replacement.’ (H/T The Real Asset Company)
Source: The Germans Don’t Trust Obama With Their Gold – And Can You Blame Them? (Telegraph, Jan 18, 2013)
Aaaannd it’s gone …
Google translation:
– Hedge fund managers: The Gold of the Bundesbank’s gone (Deutsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten, July 21, 2013):
The hedge fund manager William Kaye says it’s naive to think that the Federal Reserve would their bearings in the U.S. gold reserves ever get back. The former “German” Gold is no longer as such. U.S. banks have received from the Fed in order to suppress the gold price. The gold stocks entering the market. “Germany will never again see the gold,” said Kaye.
Bird Flu: Arkansas Poultry Banned In Russia, Japan And Hong Kong
– Bird Flu Leads to Ban on Arkansas Poultry (5News, June 26, 2013):
Arkansas poultry has been banned in Russia, Japan and Hong Kong — and in Mississippi and Georgia — after bird flu was discovered last week at a Scott County farm, a state official said Wednesday (June 26).
In addition to those places banning the sale of Arkansas poultry, China is in discussions with state officials also about a possible ban, said Preston Scroggin, director of the state Livestock and Poultry Commission.
Read moreBird Flu: Arkansas Poultry Banned In Russia, Japan And Hong Kong