When the world started to melt
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Peregrine's still flying
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Time to buy
China goes for broke
The worst outcome in the current economic crisis would be a Chinese devaluation. The last devaluation of the renminbi yuan in 1994 allowed China to undercut rival Asian exporters and paved the way for the current problems. A further weakening would almost certainly take the Hong Kong dollar with it and renew the downward pressure on other Asian currencies. The feared rerun of 1930s-style competitive devaluations around the world would be unavoidable.
But a weaker renminbi is a tempting option for China's leaders facing internal financial and economic difficulties. Quite simply, China's banks are insolvent and 50% of...
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