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China Stocks Plummet To Record Lows As Capital Flees; US-China Crisis In South China Sea - China Update (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2023 OP
The Chinese buying US debt (Treasury Notes) is one thing that keeps our economy going: the US has ... marble falls Oct 2023 #1
The global economy tanks into a Dark Place. Aussie105 Oct 2023 #2
It's almost too scary to think about. marble falls Oct 2023 #3
Well if capital flees, then they will have to go back to Farmer-Rick Oct 2023 #4

marble falls

(58,563 posts)
1. The Chinese buying US debt (Treasury Notes) is one thing that keeps our economy going: the US has ...
Tue Oct 24, 2023, 09:06 AM
Oct 2023

... turned it's reputation for always paying debts into a salable commodity. What happens when China quits buying US debt?

Aussie105

(5,618 posts)
2. The global economy tanks into a Dark Place.
Tue Oct 24, 2023, 09:28 AM
Oct 2023

What else?

The Chinese Industrial Complex has been in overdrive for some time, funded by venture capital and government investments.

Expecting a major hangover on a global scale when it winds down.

Actually, if you have shares and look at your 401, you may see hints of it starting to happen now.

ASX200 (Australian share market, top 200 companies) has been on a downward slide for weeks now.
Feel free to check the American stock market performance.

Farmer-Rick

(10,343 posts)
4. Well if capital flees, then they will have to go back to
Tue Oct 24, 2023, 09:48 AM
Oct 2023

Some kind of totalitarian
socialism. It's what got China to the point where capitalist wanted to buy into the socialist country. A kind of socialism is still the major framework of China. China still has billions in taxes they collect every year.

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