DONT UNDERSTAND THIS,CAN SOMEBODY HELP

Today I watched FAREED ZAKARIA at CNN and the talk was about the financial crisis of the states and the treasury secretary of States,Mr.Geithner asserted that to help the situation,Americans should spend less and somehow make chinese consume more.I do not know whether it was due to my imperfect knowledge of the subject or the fact that since I came to my home just in time to catch the last five minutes of the show,I did not understand the statement.How can the chinese help the States?Please can somebody explain me because this question comes back to hauntme from time to time!!!