Chinese Sold USD25 Billion of Japanese Short-Term Bonds in June, Japan's Finance Ministry Says(Yicai Global) Aug. 8 -- Chinese investors sold USD25 billion (JPY2.77 trillion) worth of Japanese short-term bonds -- securities maturing within a year including Treasury bills, commercial notes and certificates of deposit -- in June, a record high since 2005, per data published today by Japan's Finance Ministry.
Chinese bought JPY31.5 billion of Japanese short-term bonds in May. In a wave of sales, Chinese investors sold JPY2.03 trillion of Japanese short-term bonds in August 2010.
Investors from China sold JPY236.8 billion of longer-term bonds in June.
