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Lots of trash-talking the “China thesis” lately. People (Americans) want to think that the U.S. is the only place that “real” innovation can happen, or at least that the U.S. is the only place that has and protects the “right kinds” of freedoms that will allow the “right kinds” of innovation to happen.
Sorry, but I [...]
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Readers have recently been asking where you can open a Chinese Yuan savings account. As I wrote in a previous post, Chinese Yuan savings accounts for Americans are available at the Bank of China (only in New York and Los Angeles so far).
In that previous post, I outlined the basic steps you need to know [...]
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It’s easy to open a yuan-denominated bank account with the Bank of China if you’re willing to travel to New York City or Los Angeles – two locations where the Bank of China will do this.
Investors are increasingly interested in diversifying away from the U.S. dollar (USD) and into alternative currencies. You don’t have to [...]
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You may not have heard of this yuan yet – but the renminbi officially has a new, unofficial nickname – the “redback.” That’s right, it looks and sounds the way you think it’s trying to look and sound. Not only is the renminbi note red, but it’s got a picture of Mao on the [...]
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The World Bank may lead the rest of us back on to the gold standard a lot sooner than we think. World Bank head Robert Zoellick suggested over the weekend (and for the second time) that the G20 should consider making gold the global reserve currency as part of some major structural changes to the [...]
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When you tally up all the pros and cons, on balance it is quite surprising that the US is officially championing the appreciation of the yuan against the USD. Even when you think about the supposedly increased attractiveness of all those US exports that would ensue, it still doesn’t make a lot of sense on [...]
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A lot of U.S. news commentary and pundits appear to use the words “yuan” and “renminbi” interchangeably to refer to China’s currency, but the fact is that these terms are not simply interchangeable. It is not like using the words “greenback” and “dollar” to refer to USD – and it is not like the difference [...]
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