this post was submitted on 25 Aug 2023
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Damn, that's interesting!

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To circumvent local government's restriction on sharp price drop, Chinese real estates developers literally handed out gold ingots to home buyers. (lemmy.nz)
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/12/gold-bars-used-to-lure-chinese-homebuyers-amid-market-slowdown

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[โ€“] Raxiel@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd love something like that as a paperweight or door stop. Or to sit next to my trillion dollar coin

[โ€“] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago

I see you are prepared for the next Great Crisis.