The hard truth is if the Chinese ever withdrew enough assets from us to destabilize our economy we'd have to quit buying all that stuff they make, which would tank their economy. They're trapped.
Between gold, oil, coal, materials to build factories, military equipment and technology, etc, etc, they've got and endless number of alternative uses for spare cash.
The hard truth is if the Chinese ever withdrew enough assets from us to destabilize our economy we'd have to quit buying all that stuff they make, which would tank their economy. They're trapped.
We're not "too big to fail", and we'd be foolish to believe otherwise. The Chinese aren't trapped. There are always alternatives. If their economy tanks, the best way for the Chicom leadership to keep the support of their population is to arouse nationalist fervor by getting in a war with us.