Chinese 100 yuan banknotes and US$100 notes are seen at a money exchange shop in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, on August 5. The city is the largest offshore yuan centre worldwide. Photo: Roy Issa Chinese 100 yuan banknotes and US$100 notes are seen at a money exchange shop in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, on August 5. The city is the largest offshore yuan centre worldwide. Photo: Roy Issa
Chinese 100 yuan banknotes and US$100 notes are seen at a money exchange shop in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, on August 5. The city is the largest offshore yuan centre worldwide. Photo: Roy Issa
Chen Gong
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Chen Gong and Wei Hongxu

Hong Kong’s status as a finance hub makes it a US target, which may force China to change tactics for internationalising the yuan

  • Hong Kong’s importance to the yuan and Congress’ new bill show that the trade war has turned into a financial conflict. China’s goal to internationalise the yuan may require greater diversification in the face of such scrutiny

Chen Gong
Chen Gong and Wei Hongxu

Updated: 10:02pm, 13 Oct, 2019

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Chinese 100 yuan banknotes and US$100 notes are seen at a money exchange shop in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, on August 5. The city is the largest offshore yuan centre worldwide. Photo: Roy Issa Chinese 100 yuan banknotes and US$100 notes are seen at a money exchange shop in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, on August 5. The city is the largest offshore yuan centre worldwide. Photo: Roy Issa
Chinese 100 yuan banknotes and US$100 notes are seen at a money exchange shop in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, on August 5. The city is the largest offshore yuan centre worldwide. Photo: Roy Issa
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