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China's Global Search for Gold
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China's Global Search for Gold

Beijing scours the tropics

Aug 26, 2025
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By: Gregory McCann
Gold-mining scar, Río Huepetuhe gold mine in Peruvian Amazon. Photo from Mongabay

In recent months, conflicts have broken out in Ghana, Mali, Angola, DR Congo, Indonesia and elsewhere over unregulated or outright illegal Chinese gold mining activities as Beijing seeks to switch out of US dollar holdings to enhance the stability of its f…

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