In China, according to feng shui, numbers are also harbingers of good or bad luck. Number 8 is considered to be one of the lucky numbers. In Cantonese, 8 sounds like another word which means "rising development" - also the number 88 resembles the Chinese character for " double happiness."
August is the 8th month - could this be a good omen? - "rising development" & "double happiness"

Maybe the Chinese can bring us some good luck re Antimony, Gold, Fuel etc. They love this number. If we extrapolate this a little further, the Chinese would do something significant on Aug 8th - the Chinese are no dummies - they make things happen! They also want Gold, Antimony & improved technology for their CTLF - Silverado has all three of these.