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Posted on 05/27/2026 5:53:07 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
China has instructed its major domestic banks to limit their purchases of U.S. Treasury bonds and sell off existing holdings. While this stops short of a complete legal ban on all cross-border investment, it marks a substantial drawdown of China's exposure to U.S. debt and a pivot away from U.S. financial assets.
In this video, we break down Beijing’s quiet but massive crackdown on mainland Chinese investment into U.S. stocks and bonds, why eight Chinese regulators coordinated the move together, and how it connects to a much larger long-term strategy involving gold, payment systems, energy trade, and the future of the U.S. dollar itself.
Because this is not just about tariffs anymore.
This is about financial infrastructure.
(Excerpt) Read more at youtu.be ...
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China has serious economic problems. No economic data published by the CCP can be trusted.
>> And Americans will continue to purchase Chinese stocks and bonds
Not all of us.
Still doing better than the States.
Oh no, who’s going to push Nvidia to 6 trillion now?
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IMHO, whatever US financial or land holdings the Chinese have should be nullified and confiscated until we've recovered the economic costs of the Covid virus they released. Other nations should do the same. They are a threat to the world, and what happened in Wuhan is proof of that.
I wondered about it being AI because the voice is near perfect, no stumbles or mispronounced words.
That said, a stopped clock is correct twice each day.
Even Homer Simpson is occasionally right.
YT shows Japan as the source; I doubt it is verified.
My guess is the US or China. US for political reasons, China for income and politics reviewed?
The main points are readily verified in the MSN.
Long-form AI videos are not cheap.
What in the thumbnails points to AI?
Thriving Chinese city
Months old news.
Then why hardly any Americans emigrate to China, but millions of Chinese have immigrated to USA. Facts like these blow your nonsensical statement out of the water.
The video is an AI channel that generates the video from a script and uses text-to-voice software like ElevenLabs for the audio. The video uses an avatar from HeyGen to lip-sync the audio. At least 80% of YouTube headless channels are now created this way.
As for losing our reserve currency status, China accepts USD payments because it depends on our huge market. They have to convert that to Yuan through FX to pay workers and invest in their own stocks and bonds rather than turning around and buying US assets in dollars.
When the Yuan is undervalued relative to the USD, this works to their advantage, but over time, it brings the currencies into parity. This makes its products less competitive, and it loses exports to countries like Vietnam and Malaysia. As long as China depends on large trade surpluses, it will be forced to periodically devalue its currency, as it has in the past. This is a huge risk to anyone who trades in Yuan.
Then there would be no buying.
IMHO, the 2 countries most dangerous to USA are NOT Russia or NK or Cuba or Afghanistan or Iraq. It is China and Iran. China wants us to go bankrupt and Iran wants to kill the big Satan USA.
The video is an AI channel that generates the video from a script and uses text-to-voice software like ElevenLabs for the audio. The video uses an avatar from HeyGen to lip-sync the audio. At least 80% of YouTube headless channels are now created this way.
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You left out the most important part. Where does the script come from? How truthful is it? IOW can anything be learned here from some useful truthful information?
IMHO, the 2 countries most dangerous to USA are NOT Russia or NK or Cuba or Afghanistan or Iraq. It is China and Iran. China wants us to go bankrupt and Iran wants to kill the big Satan USA.
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This is a USA vs China war and on a deeper level is American AI vs Chinese AI. China wants a base (Iran) in the Middle East and we/USA want to deny it. We have bases in a few Sunni Gulf nations and Israel.
Chinas proxy is Shiite Iran and America’s proxies are Israel, Sunni Saudi Arabia + Gulf Sunni nations.
“But some things like Stevia are still next to impossible to get from other sources (the Japanese buy up all the South American stevia)”
Check out the vitamins and supplements at Amazon. Most are made in China. This sector is enormous.
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Roughly 70-90%+ of key vitamin ingredients (and thus a very large share of supplements) originate from or heavily depend on China, though exact “made in China” percentages for finished products on Amazon vary.
repcoworld.com
Key Distinctions: Ingredients vs. Finished ProductsIngredients/raw materials: China dominates global production. Over 90% of global Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) comes from China. Similar dominance exists for many B vitamins, precursors, and other common supplement components (e.g., high shares for biotin, amino acids, etc.).
repcoworld.com
US imports: Nearly 78-80% of US vitamin imports come from China. Older estimates put Chinese-sourced ingredients in US dietary supplements at 60-80% or higher.
afia.org
Finished supplements: Many are encapsulated, bottled, or “manufactured” in the US (or elsewhere) using Chinese-sourced active ingredients. Labels often say “Made in USA” even if raw materials are imported. Full end-to-end production in China is common for many lower-cost/private-label products sold on Amazon.
consumerlab.com
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