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China urges U.S. to protect its investor interests

BEIJING
Fri Dec 5, 2008 9:54am EST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Assistant Chinese Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao urged Washington on Friday to take measures to protect Beijing's investment interests in the United States.

China  |  Crisis in Credit

Speaking at a news conference after high-level Sino-American talks, Zhu was responding to a question whether China would continue to buy U.S. debt.

China has more than 60 percent of its $2 trillion in official reserves in dollars, much of it in U.S. government and agency debt.

(Reporting by Simon Rabinovitch; Writing by Alan Wheatley)
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