Yuan Revaluation Would End China's Piecemeal Policy – General

Regardless of whether it is deemed good or bad, trade/currency conflict with China is a fact of life--but it doesn't fit standard models of "trade wars." To avoid unnecessary inflammation in the body politic, let's refer to this bundle of inter-related conflicts as "trade-currency issues" rather than a "trade war," which is a heavily loaded phrase that adds plenty of emotion and precious little un

Political campaigns bring out the worst in members of Congress. I can see the influence of the campaign season and a weak economy in the House of Representatives’ recent vote to “punish” China for what it sees as an undervalued currency. But business-as-usual campaign politics in the US are easily and constantly misinterpreted outside of our borders, and end up harming all parties.

China’s yuan is destined to become a global reserve currency rivaling the dollar and the euro, as the nation’s economic power increases the currency’s allure, said Jim O’Neill, chief economist at Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Plot adheres to the essentials (and even whole scenes) of the Coens' script, though culturally the movie is utterly Chinese in its characterizations and occasional references to Beijing Opera (notably "San cha kou," with its multiple double-crossing in an inn).