[TLI]

imports of crude oil hitting their third-highest levels ever at 5.56m barrels per day, up 8.6% from the previous year.

Crude goes up 8.6%, ok.

But...

copper, up 50.5% from the previous year.

grain that recorded the single biggest year-on-year jump in percentage terms of any commodity with a 500% increase

China's wheat imports in January and February were 580,000 tonnes, more than three times higher (300%) than the same period last year.

Ok, the crude sounds about right at 8.6% and manufacturing MIGHT soak up a 50% increase of copper BUT the population did not increase by 300 - 500%.

They are "prepping."

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[RedMonqey]

They are "prepping."

What they are "prepping" is their American size dinner to satisfy their growing appetite for the Western lifestyle.

They are eating more beef, pork and chicken than previous generations ever dreamed of.

They are "winning" the economic war and I seriously doubt they are going to change their game plan as long as it is successful.

To use an old phrase: "He who has the most toys win"

And they are in the market for more expensive "play pretties" which I don't think they want scratched.