We're dead meat if China does this...

[lester1/2jr]

US counts for less than 20% of china's exports

[lester1/2jr]

there is, of course on big problem  with chinas currency

[AndyC]

Ah, good old Mao, and on every denomination too.

[lester1/2jr]

I guess the big wigs over there in the prc read the badmovies off topic forum
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7492896.stm


mao dropped from new note

[AndyC]

I'm kind of surprised Mao's picture on the money was a fairly recent addition. I assumed it went back to his time in power, or maybe right after his death. Not surprising they'd want to issue a bill commemorating the Olympics though.

[lester1/2jr]

there wasn't an awful lot of money in circulation there when mao was around