185
To circumvent local government's restriction on sharp price drop, Chinese real estates developers literally handed out gold ingots to home buyers. (lemmy.nz)
submitted 1 year ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/damnthatsinteresting@lemmy.ml
23 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Context :

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/12/gold-bars-used-to-lure-chinese-homebuyers-amid-market-slowdown

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] potatobro 1 points 1 year ago

I'm totally guessing here but I think it's to visually prove it's not some other metal wrapped in gold

this post was submitted on 25 Aug 2023
185 points (100.0% liked)

Damn, that's interesting!

4725 readers
1 users here now

  1. No clickbait
  2. No Racism and Hate speech
  3. No Imgur Gallery Links
  4. No Infographics
  5. Moderator Discretion
  6. Repost Guidelines
  7. No videos over 15 minutes long
  8. No "Photoshopped" posts
  9. Image w/ text posts must be sourced in comments

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
9Q6u7hroWkwW9@lemmy.ml