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Very unpopular governor!

Watcharena:
the entire debt Africa is owing chine is not up to what US alone is owing China but some how china is colonising Africa not US

Knowledge is free but you won’t do any research before you come up here to disgrace your village people.

Read below for your detailed enlightenment:

How Much Does China Owe the US?
China’s direct sovereign debt owed to the US (i.e., US holdings of Chinese government bonds or debt securities) is relatively small and not a major component of bilateral financial ties. Based on the most recent available data, US holdings of Chinese bonds on a nationality basis were approximately $27 billion as of 2022. This figure likely remains similar in 2025, as there has been no significant reported increase in US purchases of Chinese government debt amid ongoing geopolitical tensions and diversification efforts by US investors. Note that this excludes US holdings of Chinese corporate or local government bonds, which are larger (total US holdings of all Chinese debt and equity securities were around $240 billion in earlier years but have grown modestly). Overall, China’s central government debt is low (about 20-25% of GDP), and foreign ownership is limited due to capital controls and market access restrictions.
How Much Does the US Owe China?
The US “owes” China primarily through China’s holdings of US Treasury securities, which finance part of the US federal deficit. As of July 2025 (the latest monthly data from the US Treasury), China held $730.7 billion in US Treasuries. This marks a decline from earlier in the year (e.g., $756.4 billion in June 2025 and $784.3 billion in February 2025), continuing a multi-year trend of China reducing its exposure to US debt for diversification reasons, such as increasing gold reserves and investing in other assets. China remains the second-largest foreign holder after Japan, but its share of total foreign-held US debt has fallen to about 9-10%.
Comparison and Contrast with Africa’s Debt to China
Africa’s debt to China refers to outstanding loans from Chinese development finance institutions (e.g., China Exim Bank, China Development Bank) to African governments, often under the Belt and Road Initiative for infrastructure projects like ports, roads, and power plants. As of 2022 (the latest detailed estimate from the China Africa Research Initiative at Boston University), the total outstanding debt was $170 billion across 49 countries. This figure has likely grown modestly by 2025 due to new disbursements (e.g., $13.3 billion in 2024 for Sub-Saharan Africa alone), but repayments and restructurings (e.g., in Zambia and Ethiopia) may keep it around $170-180 billion. Cumulative loan commitments since 2000 total $182 billion, but outstanding amounts are lower due to amortization.
Key Similarities:
• Scale and Significance: All represent substantial bilateral financial flows. US debt to China ($731B) is the largest, roughly 4x Africa’s debt to China ($170B), while China to US ($27B) is negligible by comparison. These debts underscore China’s role as a major global creditor, holding about 2-3% of total US public debt but up to 15-18% of some African countries’ external debt (e.g., Angola at $46B cumulative).
• Geopolitical Leverage: Holdings can influence relations—China’s US Treasury stake gives it indirect sway over US interest rates, while African debt has sparked “debt trap” debates, with restructurings often tied to resource access or political concessions.
• Economic Interdependence: These debts support trade imbalances; China’s US holdings stem from its trade surplus (recycling dollars into Treasuries), while African loans fund exports of commodities to China.
Key Differences:
• Nature and Terms: US-China debt is symmetric but asymmetric in size—market-driven purchases of liquid, low-risk Treasuries (yielding ~4-5% currently) vs. China’s minimal sovereign exposure to the US. Africa-China debt is directional (loans from China, no reciprocal African holdings of Chinese bonds), often concessional (low-interest, long-maturity) but project-tied, opaque, and less liquid, with risks of default leading to restructurings (e.g., 20+ African countries restructured since 2020).
• Purpose and Risks: US-China ties stabilize global finance and currency (China manages yuan via dollar reserves), with low default risk. African loans target development (infrastructure in 70% of deals), but carry higher risks—15.3% of Sub-Saharan Africa’s external debt in 2023 was to China, contributing to crises in Zambia and Ghana. Repayments strain budgets (Africa faces $22B in 2025 payments to China alone).
• Trends and Implications: China has reduced US holdings by ~40% since 2015 peaks ($1.3T) amid de-dollarization, but increased African lending post-2023 slowdown. This shifts focus: US-China debt is a “safe asset” story, while Africa-China evokes sustainability concerns, with calls for transparency and multilateral relief.
In summary, US-China debt flows are mature, reciprocal (though lopsided), and integral to global reserves, while Africa-China is more predatory in perception, focused on resource-backed development with vulnerability to shocks. For the most current figures, check US Treasury TIC data or Boston University’s CLA database, as these evolve monthly.

China’s Africa re-colonisation process and strategy - debts and investments managed by Chinese.

Soon China towns will emerge in all of these countries!

bionixs:
I am glad that US watches every step taken by your lawless court

When the coward was first arrested, the bragging then was about his purported UK citizenship and how they were coming to rescue him.

Now it US? I sorry for Una.

Frustrated and confused.

Something he dare not try if the judge was seated.

Probably further evidence the Judge will factor when writing his judgement.

Conviction to life imprisonment is guaranteed for him.

Gumi will have to sue a lot more persons because we plenty wey believe say him na terrorist not just an apologist.

Nnamdi Kalu is just buying time because he knows he has no defence whatsoever.

This entire prosecution from day one has been delayed by the defence team using every know tricks and excuses in the book.

They recently tried the health excuse, claiming Kalu only had a matter of days to live, cooked up medical reports, all that was a lie. Kalu is hale and hearty to spend another 42 years locked up.

They came up with the lies of a repealed and none existent law being used to prosecute Kalu, claiming that he should be discharged, acquitted, granted Biafra and heavily compensated because of which he won’t waste his time defending himself.

He knew all along that he only wants to buy time while wishing for some sort extrajudicial resolution perhaps by political settlement, pardon or foreign interference to escape justice, but none of that will happen.

He will face the judge and receive his sentence, no matter how long he tries to stall this.

stuffs2002:
You hate your own country so much you are generating lies on China

If this is what makes you happy, say more

Is it the letter writing season in Nigeria?

Somebody needs to write FFK about his uninvited meddlesomeness and Iran sponsored terrorist activism.

China is only protecting their debtor and can’t do anything to stop planned air strikes on the terrorist operating under Chinese sponsorship in the North of Nigeria.

Nigeria simply deserves the embarrassment it’s currently getting from the US.

Human lives has no value in the eyes of the Nigerian government. The President and his officials are not moved to sympathy or action at the many acts of terrorism against defenceless civilians especially from the middle belt to the entire North of the country.

The Islamic religion either encourages these killings by Islamic banditry or turns a blind eye to the surge especially when directed at Christians.

Under the Governor of most Northern States and now North Central, bandits raid unhindered killing any on their path and freely brandishing weapons without fear of arrest.

Instead of arresting and prosecuting these terrorist, many governors are simply begging them, holding peace talks and offering them safe passage to relocate to other states and continue in their hideous crimes.

Insecurity on an industrial scale with kidnapping now an industry of repute in Nigeria, the regime paying only lip service whenever they border to acknowledge the obvious.

The President only sacked service chiefs only when his personal security was threatened not at of regard for the poor Nigerians.

It’s simply a shame!

The Judge will pass judgment regardless of how he decides to proceed.

The judgement of the High Court is most likely to be upheld at Appeal and Supreme Courts.

So refusal to enter a defence is acceptance of guilt.

Jailed yes!

Killed? No sane person would want to make him anymore popular than he already is so they will avoid him dying in detention.

His recent court appearances is being used to try and rejuvenate his long gone popularity.

Nobody would want to kill him to avert a Hero worship statue for him.

They will be found guilty, no be French courts?

Salewa97:
How many passports have been seized unlawfully before now?

The narrative is just too one sided.

Akpabio had his reasons

Who is Akpabio?

Is this lady more corrupt or half wicked than Akpabio?

You mean transforming it into a mass grave or cemetery?

A woeful person to be governor of anything.

Benue residents including the governor are at the mercy of bandits yet a good for nothing youth who has never seen Abuja, compares Benue to London. London of Fulani Bandits.

Nigerians and the tradition of praise singing to their woeful leaders!

Every freedom fighter, every activist is simply and opportunistic criminal no different from politicians, wishing to profit from the suffering and pain of others.

The real goal is self enrichment.

China is simply re-colonising the poorest countries via debt!

Debts with hidden consequences which the money hungry countries now fail to see but will still complain in years to come.

Reinakathy:
How can you have 12 to 13 points and be a father of many? It says what you haven't done not what you've done.

I read that wrongly.

There’s nothing wrong with your friend but poor planning and execution of plans.

Your friend has always being in a hurry, and over ambitious. He didn’t let time and patience mould him into a capable man which is why he jumps into any seemingly promising opportunity without first building from bottom up.

If he had stocked to one thing, patiently but diligently done that for 5 years, he would have past this stage.
If he had perhaps learnt a trade or skill, if he had sort help with customising his CV for each job search and not randomly using same CV for every application, he might have landed a job. If he had asked friends like you for referral to a vacancy, perhaps someone would have given him a job. He could have even volunteered to work for free in any job he needed experience on to better his employment prospects.

Obviously he ventured into things he had little or no experience and guidance on, burning his fingers and loosing both time and money.

Even so, all hope is not lost if he has character and not ashamed to start anew but now with experience. He should keep a low head, stay humble, stay honest, never maltreat his wife, don’t venture into illegalities, go slow but steady and between 12-24 months he can be on the path of recovery.

It might not be a miracle but with prayer and working towards his prayers, he will overcome.

What is the attraction to South Sudan?

The oil industry?

Or the tall women?

So they will call off the strike then and return to strike after this subscription expires!

The Professor might have a different system of counting days, weeks, months and years.

The 1 year fit never reach!

Transfer window is always open.

PDP no even see Top 4 again.

Na monarchy Nigeria go soon Dey practice.

Or Putin styled democracy!

All she needs to be a politician she possesses femininely!

PDP never still go relegation?

He’s simply jobless and got nothing else to do with his time.

He must be counting the appointees from Kogi State as an achievement!

APC Lagos providing their opposition nice lines lately.

APC is worst than anyone they accuse!

placeofallure:
I'm reporting your comment to the mods. What is the correlation of happenings in Sudan to the Yoruba race?

Be my Yoruba guest!