The event under discussion did not merely...
did not take into account Chinese financial operations in London. Everything happened the other way round. Beijing sold $34 billion in U.S. securities but bought almost four times as much. Consequently, America"s debt to China increased by $139.4 billion. So, China is still the Number One with $894.8 billion, followed by Japan with $768.8 billion.The United States has calmed down because it is used to owing a lot of money to China.
Except for some funny "ancillary circumstances," this incident could have been forgotten. Numerous Chinese officials and analysts were unaware that other branches of the national government still had not written off the United States. The Chinese Foreign Ministry"s spokesman Qin Gang said the country was managing its currency reserves as it saw fit, so that such reserves did not become depreciated. Second, the United States should take action in order to boost investors" confidence in the dollar.