680 i don't think so, page-6

GATA were the only organisation that identified Chinese gold purchases on a large scale starting from 2003. It took every single mainstream media network or gold industry association body until early this year to identify this and then only when the Chinese announced their increased reserves.

I'm quite amazed CT that you consider GATA a fringe organisation and want confirmation from a mainstream source. Its the independent news sources that have been the only ones prepared to question a lack of transparency and accountability and report on reality throughout this whole mess rather than the smoke and mirrors rubbish that the mainstream press have been gushing out.

You can't take GATA and the like for gospel everytime, esp when it comes to individuals expressing their own opinions, but believe me, they do have some proper contacts and sources in the gold world and one of them is conspicuously accurate with regards to Chinese purchases and big money flow into or out of gold.