China is playing a key role in the ongoing rise in gold prices. (Source: Getty)
For most of recorded human history, gold has been at the centre of our economic systems. From the Aureus – the golden coinage of the Roman Empire – to the great golden treasures of the new world which would help power Spain’s rise to become the world’s first superpower, gold and who holds it, has defined the course of events.
Central banks, and most notably China, have been boosting their stores of the precious metal in the past year or so.
Now in October 2025, as lines to purchase physical gold stretch down the block in some of the nation’s cities, many have been left wondering asking some big questions.
What is China up to? And is gold sending a signal that may define events in the months ahead?
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