China Keeps Shedding U.S. Sovereign Debt. It Just Hit An 18-Year Low. - International Business Times
China Keeps Shedding U.S. Sovereign Debt. It Just Hit An 18-Year Low. - International Business Times
Source: International Business Times
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DW NOTE
China's Treasury holdings are at their lowest since 2008 — the same year Beijing held $1.3 trillion and routinely threatened to dump it as a weapon. They never did then because there was no alternative. Now there is: gold reserves up 290 tonnes since 2023, yuan-denominated commodity contracts, and bilateral swap lines with half the non-aligned world. This isn't a selloff, it's an exit.