in my book, the official chinese parties will be after base metals

to feed their industry in years to come. as to gold, the chinese

government sector will be pragmatic: why buying the mining

risks of a gold operation when one can buy bullion on the

market for their treasury operations

the only wild card would be a chinese semi-state of private

mining group that simply has too much cash.. yet the influence

of the central government will be felt as we haVE  just witnessed

over the stalemate of the deal by Singapore Airlines and their

agreement with China Eastern when Chine Airlines managed

to block a fait acompli

time will tell

Ciao Tina