07/06/2023 Nicole on The Wayne Dupree Podcast: Before the CCP took over China in 1949, the Republic of China issued some gold denominated bonds and sold them to the U.S. Now together with the accumulated interests, the debt has reached trillions. The CCP has financial liability to pay back the money to the U.S. And it is up to this administration about whether they will have the political will to force the CCP to pay. But now we are not seeing any signs that they will take a tough stance against the CCP.