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FeFebruary 10, 1949, Central bank had the reserved gold and silver shipped to Amoy and Taiwan. Captal is important for ruling a country. Grasping gold and silver was particularly considered as essential strategy of statecraft. Regarding silver's importance to the world as well as China in the nineteenth century, you may refer to our research finding: Lin Man-houng, China Upside Down: Currency, Society, and Ideologies, 1808-1856.
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