RENEE MONTAGNE, Host: NPR's business news starts with the vice president in China.</s>RENEE MONTAGNE, Host: Joseph Biden is in Beijing today. China holds over $1 trillion in U.S. treasuries, making it the largest foreign holder of U.S. debt. So, among the items on the vice-president's agenda: assuring China its money is safe.</s>U: The U.S., he said, has entered a long period of decline.
China holds more than $1 trillion in U.S. treasuries, making it the largest foreign holder of U.S. debt. Among the items on the vice-president's agenda: assuring China its money is safe.