Gold….my 2 cents If you took every ounce of gold today even @ $5000 / ounce it would not support 1% of the total currency in circulation ....so I do not think the gold supported yuan will make any difference ...however your call that mister big can control you through the banking system is spot on ...that's happening now .....the gold to oil ratio is probably as important as oil is a deminishing finite resourse gold isn,t