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It turns out that there is also advertising for gold and silver in China, too. The big difference here is that it is China's government which is advertising the opportunities in gold and silver and it is urging the Chinese people to buy gold and silver.
An article from mining web-site, Mineweb quotes a program which appears on China's largest (state-owned) television company, promoting bullion-buying in general, but stressing that silver is currently the best value for investors (no surprise to regular readers):
https://seekingalpha.com/articleChina has $2 Trillion to $5 Trillion for Gold ?? Chinese government told/encourages its citizens to buy gold and silver in 2012.
I don't know why they often use the given natural resources and wealth for their own... Yes, we often use silver and gold for making our physical monetary and fiats. Yet using its original material is somehow unnecessary. It is more applicable to be used as a jewelry or just a pure collection. But they must not trade it physically and do the same thing as we do in cryptocurrencies where we buy low, hold, and sell high.