“To be honest, I am a little bit worried and I would like to … call on the United States to honour its word and remain a credible nation and ensure the safety of Chinese assets.”
The US responded with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs announcing: “There’s no safer investment in the world than in the United States.”
What will be interesting is to see how much and in which ways Beijing uses its influence over the $696 billion of US debt that it holds. Read more here.