CHINA. Shanghai. December 1948-January 1949. As the value of the paper money sank, the Kuomintang decided to distribute 40 grams of gold per person. With the gold rush, in December, thousands came out and waited in line for hours. The policemen, equipped with the remnants of the armies of the International Concession, were not unkind, trying to get the people back. They only splashed them with the dirty water of the puddle.