What exactly is wrong with this comment for the kind of downvotes?
At personal level, I find adventure one of the most level headed and dispassionate commentators esp. about Finance/Business/Geopolitics.
The whole China treasure holdings argument is at the best paper tiger. The argument is debunked by every respectable finance commentator.
Curious question, because international government currency flows are still something that flumox me.
What are China's options if it sells US Treasuries? If it simply parks that money internally, what does that do?
Over the next ten years the public US debt will hit $32 trillion give or take (possibly closer to $35t; I'm expecting a +$3.5t deficit in just two years in the next recession), about 1.2x to 1.3x GDP at that point. China's share of that $32-$35 trillion will be a mere 3% or lower. By the day their position becomes less meaningful (at this point the US Government is running up enough new public debt to equal China's treasury holdings every year, and that's before the recession blows out the deficit).