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Japan is now the largest foreign holder of U.S. debt, knocking China out of first place. Economic policies in Japan are keeping interest rates near record lows there, and Japanese investors have put more money in the U.S., whose Treasury bonds offer higher yields.

While the knee-jerk reaction is to blame the Fed for the recent turbulence in emerging markets, a closer look reveals a number of other factors.

Deflation may be public enemy #1 for the Federal Reserve.       

Bernanke,T. Boone Pickens, Larry Summers & Chuck Hagel top SALT's power players. 

China continues to display an appetite for U.S. government debt, expanding its holdings of Treasurys to a record of $1.317 trillion in November.

The 2016 candidates for president react to the China sparked global market selloff. 

China's central bank issued a slew of measures on Tuesday to support steady growth of industries as the economic slowdown weighed on a spectrum of sectors.

Despite Washington's shenanigans, China and other foreign investors have little choice but to continue buying U.S. debt. 

Qualcomm said it will cooperate with the investigation and that it is not aware of any charge it has violated the anti-monopoly law. 

Ottawa reportedly rebuffed efforts by Chinese electronics company Lenovo to acquire BlackBerry due to worries about national security.

Approval from CFIUS likely clears the path for the largest buyout of a U.S. company ever by a Chinese buyer.

JP Morgan reportedly had a hiring program that fostered questionable employment practices in China.

Confidential documents show JPMorgan tracked its record for converting hires of sons and daughters of Chinese elites into business deals there.

The SEC investigation represents the latest regulatory problem for the largest U.S. bank.

China stocks dropped more than 1 percent on Wednesday, snapping a six-session winning streak, as a tumble in commodity prices hit resource shares and prompted profit-taking amid signs of persistent lethargy in the economy.

China stocks reversed losses and rose for a sixth straight session on Tuesday, as a sharp course-change for start-up board ChiNext and a late rally in banking stocks pulled main indexes out of negative territory in the last few minutes of trading.

China stocks rose for a fifth straight session on Monday, led by resources shares and small-caps, after a flurry of reassurances by the country's top leaders that the economy would stay on a sound footing despite strains from major structural reforms.

The decision to reportedly skip the U.S. markets in its anticipated IPO spotlights reluctance by Chinese companies to deal with American regulators.

Lenovo said it would buy IBM's low-end server business for $2.3 billion in the biggest-ever IT acquisition by a China-based firm. Stocks Sink on Gloomy Data | Herbalife Plummets as Senator Calls for Probe

Souring prospects in the world's largest emerging markets are darkening an already cloudy outlook for the global economy, the World Bank said on Wednesday, as it cut growth forecasts for the third straight year.