TIL the US 1934 Silver Purchase Act to help Silver miners in the US during the Great Depression led to the collapse of the Republic Of China silver backed economy. Allowing the Communist Party of China to win the Chinese Civil War. It was one of the first documented used of weaponized currency.

https://liberationschool.org/ten-crises-wen-tiejun/#:~:text=When%20the%20U.S.%20(%20the%20United%20States,in%20turn%20spurring%20deflation%20within%20the%20country.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1q0klxd/til_the_us_1934_silver_purchase_act_to_help/

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