"As at 31 October 2010, the US has approximately 8,134 metric ton of gold reserve while China has only 1,054 metric ton of gold reserve."
Data cited Thursday by China's state-run Xinhua news agency showed that China imported 209.7 metric tons of gold in the first 10 months of the year, a fivefold increase compared with the same period last year.
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