interesting article iron ore china stockpile, page-8

"The Japanese ran up wool prices to a record and stockpiled.They then deserted the market until it crashed and never really recovered.They kept topping up at bottom prices and pulled out again if it looked like rising.I hope this is not what China is up to."

Lets not forget acrylics entered the scene as well.

China is well known for playing these games and they can afford that luxury because they have cash unlike most other countries.
I often wonder if the information that comes out of China is infact correct and maybe the propergander team is very busy using this credit crisis to manipulate sentiment and over priced commodities down