renminbi
plural noun
ren·min·bi
ˈren-ˈmin-ˈbē 
variants
or Renminbi
: the official currency of the People's Republic of China consisting of yuan
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Chinese migrants interviewed by the Monitor routinely cited costs of about $15,000 (or 100,000 renminbi, the official currency of the People’s Republic of China).
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Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2024
Foreign investors have few viable reserve currencies to turn to outside of the U.S. dollar and euro, with even the Chinese renminbi still subject to strict capital controls, meaning the seizure of Russian assets will hardly have any impact on Europe’s ability to attract and retain capital flows.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 21 May 2024
China has also pushed the renminbi for international payments and as a reserve currency, while others have proposed digital currencies (including China, which started piloting a digital version of its currency, the e-CNY, back in 2017) as legit alternatives to central banks’ dollar holdings.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 20 May 2024
The Russian leader lauded the two countries’ use of rubles and renminbi to settle trade to circumvent U.S. restrictions on using dollars.
—Paul Sonne, New York Times, 16 May 2024
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Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2024
Foreign investors have few viable reserve currencies to turn to outside of the U.S. dollar and euro, with even the Chinese renminbi still subject to strict capital controls, meaning the seizure of Russian assets will hardly have any impact on Europe’s ability to attract and retain capital flows.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 21 May 2024
China has also pushed the renminbi for international payments and as a reserve currency, while others have proposed digital currencies (including China, which started piloting a digital version of its currency, the e-CNY, back in 2017) as legit alternatives to central banks’ dollar holdings.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 20 May 2024
The Russian leader lauded the two countries’ use of rubles and renminbi to settle trade to circumvent U.S. restrictions on using dollars.
—Paul Sonne, New York Times, 16 May 2024
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“Renminbi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/renminbi. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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