$4 billion/month not much for china; a much bigger deal for Russ
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06/02/2022, 23:13:53

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link:Chinese Social Media Users Fervently Discussing Russian Ice Cream (insider.com)

Chinese social media users have seemingly become obsessed with Russian ice cream amid the Ukraine crisis

Mar 9, 2022, 3:15 PM

Chinese tourists buying ice cream at the GUM department store in Moscow. — Chinese tourists buying ice cream at the GUM department store in Moscow in 2019.

Users of Weibo, China's Twitter-like platform, have become fixated on Russian ice cream.
The Weibo hashtag "how delicious is Russian ice cream" has gone viral, with over 81 million views.
One user recalled how Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping ice cream for his 66th birthday.

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Like China, Japan has been offloading its US treasury bond holdings. [no text] - sinbad 06-04 02:26 | 0 bytes |
frankly, I'm not so sure where China is heading with yuan - swoosh 06-03 16:18 | 733 bytes | +1
- HK$ is HSBC currency, a British bank. Transactions of HK$ is too small for - sinbad 06-04 02:34 | 48 bytes | +1
  - and that's why China should take over it and promote it. - swoosh 06-04 06:10 | 743 bytes | +2
    - Doesn't work the way you think - sinbad 06-05 03:27 | 877 bytes | +1
      - Re: Doesn't work the way you think - swoosh 06-05 06:06 | 1546 bytes |
    - Re: and that's why China should take over it and promote it. - Khan 06-04 18:19 | 122 bytes | +1
      - It shouldn't be difficult to sell the idea to HK gov - swoosh 06-04 19:26 | 150 bytes |