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China Goes on $26 Trillion Commodity Binge as Shortages Seen/Alfred Chang:  Chinese investors traded a record volume of commodity futures last year as speculators poured in and out of the market on bets that shortages are looming. Combined aggregate trading volume on the Shanghai Futures Exchange, Dalliance Commodity Exchange and Heinz Commodity Exchange jumped 27% from 2015 levels to 4.1 billion contracts, according to data e-mailed by the China Futures Association. Turnover across the Bourses rose 30% to a record 177.4 trillion Yuan ($25.5 trillion), the data show.