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I believe China has less money to buy Treasury's because they need to use the dollars. The One Belt One Road contractors that are not Chinese want dollars. htt
by gscott 7y ago
I believe China has less money to buy Treasury's because they need to use the dollars.
The One Belt One Road contractors that are not Chinese want dollars.
https://www.economist.com/business/2017/08/03/western-firms-are-coining-it-along-chinas-one-belt-one-road https://www.economist.com/business/2017/08/03/western-firms-...
They are using dollars to pay down dollar denominated debt.
https://www.axios.com/china-business-debt-trade-war-yuan-dollar-f3bc86f0-e2c1-4146-8159-fdab640f9365.html https://www.axios.com/china-business-debt-trade-war-yuan-dol...
China’s Banks Are Running Out of Dollars
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-banks-are-running-out-of-dollars-11556012442 https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-banks-are-running-out-of...
But to contradict myself China has been buying a lot of gold https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/news/china-bought-more-gold-to-prepare-for-the-trade-war-2019-8-1028427737 https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/news/china-b.... But if they are buying it from Russia then they are probably partly paying in Yuan.