Report: Chinese state loans to U.S. top $200B
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AidData, a research lab at William & Mary, reports China’s state banks funneled roughly $200 billion into U.S. companies since 2000—often via shell companies in the Cayman Islands, Bermuda and Delaware—making the U.S. the largest recipient of such lending. Many loans financed Chinese stakes in sensitive sectors like semiconductors, robotics and biotech; globally, China lent over $2 trillion through 2023, raising national‑security concerns even as U.S. screening tightened in 2020 under CFIUS.
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