I just have print copy of Time magazine. However here is the linkage of same description from Wikipedia.org. Note: 32% of TOTAL DEBT is hold by foreginers. While "47%" is the proportion of all debt hold by public -- guess this is where H or Forbes or Fortune got their "50%" from. Again, I am not saying Mr. H is intentionally misleading here. All I want to say is this is not a place for scientific debate -- hence no need to claim to get absolute truth or morale standard. Let's just opine freely and try not to offend people's character.
I've enjoyed reading posts of both Mr. H and Mr. Mu in the past.
"As of January 2011, foreigners owned $4.45 trillion of U.S. debt, or approximately 47% of the debt held by the public of $9.49 trillion and 32% of the total debt of $14.1 trillion. The largest holders were the central banks of China ($1.1 trillion) and Japan ($885 billion)."
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