If $C$ is positive semidefinite, then so is $\begin{bmatrix} C & C\\ C & C\end{bmatrix}$ for the simple reason that it is nothing but the Kronecker product of $\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1\\ 1 & 1\end{bmatrix}$ with $C$.
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