China sold 3 Billion US Treasury bonds as retaliation in the escalating USA-China trade war :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Al59K7pYtwThat is a strong signal that China is putting out towards the USA. Some people refer to China selling US debt as the nuclear option
that China would never use in this trade war .. well, they just did.
Besides selling US debt, China has also almost completely stopped importing energy (gas) from the USA
https://humsub.tv/trade-war-with-us-china-sells-3-billion-of-dollar-bonds-humsub-tv/Beijing has dramatically diminished the acquisition of American liquefied natural gas (LNG) while US crude oil shipments to the country have
completely stopped in recent weeks, according to China Merchants Energy Shipping Co (CMES).
Something tells me 2019 will be a very tense year for stocks, global economy and crypto.