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Updated April 17, 2017. The U.S. debt to China is $1.059 trillion, as of February 2017. That's 27.8 percent of the $3.8 trillion in Treasury bills, notes, and bonds held by foreign countries. The rest of the $19.9 trillion national debt is owned by either the American people or by the U.S. government itself.
We owe a big chunk of the money â about $6 trillion â to the Federal government. So if there ever were a default (hopefully there wonât be) the government would also be stiffing itself. We owe about $5 trillion to other countries, including China. The total debt to China is only $1.3 trillion. So weâre not in hock to China as much as some people think we are. Yes, itâs a boatload of debt.