China's banks urge man on the street to invest in gold

``The ICBC launched the accounts in April 2010. The gold that it has bought to back them is only a fraction of total Chinese demand, but the explosive growth in the number of investors that have signed up is a symptom of the wider demand for the precious metal in the world's most populous country.'' -- Such accounts might as well be illegal here, the government and banks are so hostile to them...