China holds $1.611t in US securities

China remained the largest holder of US securities with a total of $1.611 trillion as of the end of June, the US Treasury department said on Friday.

Japan was the second largest foreign holder with $1.393 trillion and the United Kingdom held $798 billion as of June 2010, Treasury said.

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