Inside the Chinese retail-trading frenzy that's pushed silver prices to record highs

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• Silver prices hit a new record on Monday, driven by speculative retail-investor activity in China.
• Interest has been so high that China's only pure-play silver fund has
• Retail investors in the nation took interest in China's pure-play silver fund last week.
• The precious metal, still on track for its best year since 1979, hit $84/oz before falling on Monday.

It's been a wild few weeks for silver.

The precious...