China Reserves Hover Above $3 Trillion on Government Support

"China’s gold reserves stood at $67.9 billion by the end of December, compared with $69.8 billion a month earlier. The nation kept gold reserves unchanged at 59.24 million troy ounces for a second month in December, the first time it halted purchases for two consecutive months since disclosing holdings as of June 2015."

China Reserves Hover Above $3 Trillion on Government Support

Bloomberg fails to notice that the Chinese Gold Reserves decline by 20.98 tonnes.

November holdings of US$69.785 billion with a month end London PM Fix of US$1178.1 equates to 1842.41 tonnes
December holdings of US$67.878 billion with a month end London PM Fix of US$1159.1 equates to 1821.43 tonnes