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China and the US have a bilateral agreement about this I believe. It's to make sure Chinese citizens aren't storing money in the US and vice-versa. I imagine a US bank would do something similar to a Chinese national.



Nothing to do with the bilateral agreement, it’s because of FATCA.




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