Exclusive: Internal Chinese report warns Beijing faces Tiananmen-like global backlash over virus

Reuters/Peter Hirschberg/5-4-2020

“An internal Chinese report warns that Beijing faces a rising wave of hostility in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that could tip relations with the United States into confrontation, people familiar with the paper told Reuters.”

USAGOLD note:  Unexpected and ominous fallout from the coronavirus crisis …… China says its citizenry  should prepare for “armed confrontation” with the United States as a worst-case scenario.  This situation will likely act on the gold market in the weeks ahead once investors have had a chance to fully calibrate the threat.  By the length and depth of this article, Reuters indicates its own level of concern.

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