Just before "The Last Emperor" was born China's Empress Dowager signed over a debt of 400 million oz. of silver to foreign powers: Austria-Hungary, Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Russia, Spain, United States.
Last week, the Communist regime in China handed over an even greater amount of wealth to Russia.
From Twitter:
Translated:
In 1901 the Qing Dynasty was assigned an indemnity of 420 million taels silver by the Boxer Protocol. The Qing indemnity came to 1 oz per head of China's population. Recently, China just signed an agreement aiding Russia US$11B. At today's silver prices and a population of 1.3 billion, China's payout to Russia comes to over 15 oz silver per head.