China always tells the world about something which is an ongoing process and the West believes it is a new development.

It's a strategic decision to announce it now. Will the West realise why?

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/exclusive-china-opens-its-borders-to-multi-billion-dollar-gold-imports-sources-2021-04-16

In the next 6 months we are going to see a degradation of confidence in western governments as they fail to deal with the myriad of economic, financial and societal issues that are an inevitability.

The veil of incompetence will be revealed to everyone.

Citigroup will exit retail banking in 13 markets across Asia and the Europe, Middle East and Africa region
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-15/citi-to-exit-retail-banking-in-13-markets-across-asia-europe?utm_content=business&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_medium=social

https://news.sky.com/story/matt-hancock-accused-of-cronyism-after-it-emerges-he-has-shares-in-family-firm-used-by-the-nhs-12276726?s=09

Senior government officials have raised “urgent” concerns about the mass expansion of rapid coronavirus testing, estimating that as few as 2% to 10% of positive results may be accurate in places with low Covid rates, such as London.
https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/15/rapid-covid-testing-in-england-may-be-scaled-back-over-false-positives?__twitter_impression=true