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you listen to podcasts. This is CBS, I am the world. I'm John Bachelor Michael Bernstein at the

Hoover Institution, my guide on Russian sanctions during the now two-year-plus war in Ukraine.

Blood gold, a major political figure Dominic Rob, former foreign secretary,

served several governments, has now been hired by the World Gold

Council to investigate Blood Gold. I'll do the investigation quickly. There's a story in the

telegraph to say that the former Wagner group now called

the Africa Corps is working with the Central African

Republic government and a very large mine and extracting gold in exchange for their services.

Niger also has a lot of gold where the Africa Corps is operating, Burkina Faso, this is West Africa, now in turmoil. However, who is the

customer for all this gold? Michael, good evening to you. I'm told perhaps it's a

coincidence that China is a big buyer of gold. Good evening, Michael.

Good evening to you and that is a coincidence, but China has been a major investor in Africa for years, a lot of contribution to economic development,

but now there is a new development in China itself inside China.

The Chinese Central Bank clearly has decided to increase its gold holdings and

to reduce its dollar holdings.

They learned from the Russian experience that any aggressive move that the Western countries may perceive as dangerous

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