How much are we indepted to China?
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Not sure of the exact amount of China's investment into the US national Debt. However, they seem to be making a decent penny from it... Which leads me to believe, as long as they can stay invested, not likely they are going to want to see our country damaged, that's a good thing for now.
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chinese maybe. the value is for joy.
323132
You've tapped a very complicated subject my friend - I think all of macro economics is vague and all of the smartest economists don't agree on what is going on... So I don't think it is intentionally vague - any more than the rest of the economic field....  Also China owning US debt began when they became part of the WTO (I believe this may have happened on Bush's watch, but was started by Clinton - i.e. not a republican/democrat thing.) I don't know how easy it will be to find - but seems like to answer your specific question you would want to understand the ownership of US treasury securities.  If you are just curious and want to know about this stuff - China does hold a large portion of our debt and that is because we spend more money than we have and they save more money than they make.  We have trade deficit with China because we want to buy their goods, because they are cheap.  In the past they have been more than happy to lend us the money to do so.  But if we don't watch it, our creditors are going to start saying no.  The opinion of congress right now is that this is China's fault and that they are a currency manipulator who should let their currency appreciate.
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I'd estimate it at close to 340 million right now.\n\nlivewire - I don't think that's a good estimate even for just the U.S.
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Money talks China is starting to figure out citizens with money are easier to deal with than footing the whole bill.\nChina is on its way out of communism.
79879
Economically, yes. Oh yes.\n\nIndia is not threatening to us. China is in many ways, but they're too smart to smite us all together, we're good for business.
989035
China is kicking eveyones butt right now so what does that say.....
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I don't think either country needs the other primarily because we have such a vast global market to select from. \n\nHowever, let's consider the following: \n\nCHINA:\nSocialist Government\nPopulation: About 1 billion\n\nUSA:\nCapitalist / Democratic Government\nPopulation: About 300 Million\n\n2005 US-China Imports: $243,470.1  (US Dollars)\n2005 US-China Exports:   $41,925.3\n(The US is on track to exceed both numbers in 2006 by 15-30%)\n\nThe figures above do not necessarily mean the US is dependent on China however. If you consider the economic system of each country, our imports can be based heavily on wants, whereas the imports of China would more likely be based on needs vice wants. \n\nIt stands to reason that either the US or China could obtain such goods from another country, thus not making them dependent on each other.  However it could be determined whether a country is dependent on on a certain type of import.  Then the question is, what (if anything) is unique to China or the US?\n\nBased on populations, it would seem to reason that China would have the greater need, but that could also depend on how self-sufficient they are in comparison to the US.\n\nI think any country would want to have the financial power that the US has. But perhaps they believe they can get there by different means. So do they really need the US to get there? Perhaps only as an example to either follow or avoid.\n\nI think the more we change our mentality from 'us versus them', to a global exchange and support system that is designed to benefit all countries who work together, I think then perhaps we will finally be on the right track.\n\n-------------------------\n\n"...if China becomes the next superpower, you can blame discount multibillion dollar retailers in America for taking down the USA." - jane l\n\nWhy blame Walmart? They saw a need and filled it, a hallmark of the 'American Way'.  Instead, consider why do people BUY from Walmart? Because they save money NOW. Why pay $200 for something you can get for $132 at Walmart? American's have spoken with their dollars, they choose to buy from the places that charge less. The REAL problem is probably more related to: \n 1) Cost of living in America\n 2) Educating the public on the effects of how they spend their dollars. The push to purchase "Made in America" items was a good start. But not enough.\n \nStart addressing those things, and we might see that the Walmarts of the world are not the enemy, but a vehicle we can use for either goal.
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what does that have to do with the price of tea in China??
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Never, people really need to do their research on China, instead of letting the media whip them up into a frenzy. Here are some facts,China's GDP, from their so-called vaunted economy ,is a little over 3 trillion dollars per year, our GDP  is over 12 Trillion dollars per year.We are one-third of the world's economy! We spend 40% of the world's military budget at 504 Billion dollars ayear.70% of the world's military budget if you throw in our Allies. China spends 39 Billion dollars a year on their military, they won't spend 125 Billion dollars on their military until 2025! They just put a man in space, we've been doing it for 40 years. Of the two major triads of war, surface Naval craft and submarines, the Chinese basically have none of the latter, and few of the former. There is a lot of bottled up internal dissension in China, much of it over the one-child policy,and the government taking people's homes and lands to build on.They basically have no tactical nuclear weapons, and ,yes, we'd go nuclear on China. By tactical nuclear weapons I mean cruise missiles and drone and submarine launched and the like.Believe me , if China didn't already know this they would have gone after Taiwan years ago!
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China we need to get them before they get us
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Oh no, you have it so wrong, that debt doesn't mean a thing. It is just money we owe China, the economy is going full blast, everything is beautiful, it couldn't be more wonderful. And if you do not believe me Ask George Bush.
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The cost of tea in China?
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you bet ie China. Biggest communist, capitalist country. Vietnam our biggest importer, capitalist, communist. they looked happy and they can buy CA style mcmansions for $200K
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To make it simple, just over 8 yuan, or renmenbi (people's money) depending on how you want to say it. \n\nExpect that the value of the yuan will continue to rise against the USD and by the end of the year a USD will only be worth just under 8 yuan.
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All the Chinese you need to know is here:\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AoJpSjLiaDMr172Ptrz7uBnsy6IX?qid=1006052013067
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China is selling you all their goods. They own 40 percent of America's debt and interest rates are rising. Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger sold out America to the Chinese 35 years ago. Kissinger still has his finger in the Chinese pie, it made him a billionaire. If you think our jobs are in jeopardy now, wait until your grandchildren are speaking in Asian tongues.