$800 billion isn’t that large for a country like China. China’s cumulative GDP over the past 4 years was something like 40 trillion. This amounts to 2 percent

$800 billion isn’t that large for a country like China. China’s cumulative GDP over the past 4 years was something like 40 trillion. This amounts to 2 percent of that. The US inflow of capital is much higher in both absolute and relative terms.