You gotta give it up to the Chinese, it's a brutal yet ingenious plan

Kinda have to look at China's new gold-backed Yuan, Saudi Arabia declaring they would accept that Yuan (breaking our early 80's agreement with them to only accept PetroDollars in exchange for our protection I.e.- Desert Shield), and knowing how a gold-backed currency effects the market when everything else is FIAT currency http://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-liberal/2016/04/the-economy-china-says-no-dollars-for-new-yuan-2526381.html

No, I didn't know that. Is there somewhere I can find out more about it?

http://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-liberal/2016/04/the-economy-china-says-no-dollars-for-new-yuan-2526381.html

http://m.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/1898978/trillion-dollar-question-chinas-forex-dilemma-just-how-low-should

Thanks.