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Western sovereign‑debt crisis is driving massive capital flight to China
  • The G7 is trapped in a sovereign‑debt spiral, with yields spiking like credit‑rating downgrades.
  • Investors are abandoning US Treasury bonds, the backbone of the Western financial system, in favor of Chinese sovereign bonds, gold, and “digital gold” (cryptocurrencies).
  • This flight reflects a loss of confidence in the West’s fiscal stability and a search for safer, higher‑yield assets.
  • Balaji sees this as a structural reallocation of wealth that will empower China’s financial ecosystem.
Balaji SrinivasanNetwork State Podcast00:05:04

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“We are in the middle of a giant market on the west where all of the G7 is simultaneously in the throes of sovereign debt crisis with their yields going up like this which is like their credit rating.” — Balaji Srinivasan
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“People are buying Chinese bonds, gold, digital gold, cryptocurrencies... exiting US bonds which are the bedrock of the western financial establishment.” — Balaji Srinivasan

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The West Is Crumbling, China Is Ascendant

Balaji argues that the post-war Western order is in a sovereign-debt crisis while China dominates economically, militarily, and geopolitically. Capital is fleeing US Treasuries for Chinese bonds, gold and digital assets, signalling a decisive shift in global power structures.

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