Gold's price has risen more than 10 per cent this year to nearly US$3,000, following a 26 per cent surge in 2024 - the biggest gain in 14 years. Driving the increase were the asset's long-term ...

He added that gold prices could continue to rise in the next decade. Global central banks' demand for gold had grown, and ...

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Originally from Guangdong, the man one newspaper called a "petty despot" had sailed to San Francisco on a Chinese junk just before the gold rush, when he was approximately 20 years old.

Despite the hardship, San Francisco was an attractive destination for Chinese men hoping to make their fortunes abroad. The allure stemmed from the discovery of gold in California in 1848.