The Chinese always learn from their own mistakes and correct them along the way.It,s their 5000 years history of survival instinct.At this stage,they do not need the rest of the world to fuel their economy.They can sustain themselves by generating their own domestic growth and they have a population of over a billion people to work with.I also believe that Germany(supposely the world no.2 biggest gold hoarder)had lost much of their gold holdings as well .The french are a lot smarter in that respect.

It sends chill down my spine every time I think about the what ifs:what if the Chinese economy also followed the western model and tanked along the way with everyone else in 2008?We wouldn't have had such a booming commodity market and the world economy would have taken at least ten more years to recover.