中國表達對美國國債協議的不滿

America's biggest creditor -- China -- is signaling deep unhappiness over this week's deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling and the way it was accomplished.A Chinese credit rating agency Wednesday downgraded U.S. debt, saying the deal does nothing to address the underlying problem. And the official Xinhua news agency dismissed the negotiating process that produced the deal as "a madcap farce of brinksmanship."

Zhou Xiaochuan, the governor of China's central bank, used more measured language but issued a similar message. He called for Washington to take concrete and responsible steps to rebuild confidence in U.S. Treasury bonds, saying uncertainties are a threat to the global economic welcomed Tuesday's deal, but said he will be watching closely to see how it is implemented. He also said China will continue seeking to diversify its investments.美國最大債權國中國發出信號，對美國本星期達成的提高債務上限協議及其達成的過程頗爲不滿。一箇中國債務評級機構調低了美國的信貸評級，稱本星期在華盛頓達成的協議未能解決深層問題。官方新華社認爲達成協議的談判過程是魯莽的邊緣政策鬧劇。

中國央行行長周小川使用更爲謹慎的措辭，但發出相似的信息。他呼籲華盛頓採取具體而負責的步驟重建外界對美國國債的信心，稱不確定性威脅全球經濟復甦。周小川歡迎星期二的協議，但是他表示將緊密關注協議的落實。他說中國將繼續爭取投資多樣化。