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China to issue special 10-yuan notes to mark Olympics

The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank, is to issue a commemorative bank note with a face value of 10 yuan ($1.46) from Tuesday to mark the Beijing Olympic Games, the bank said in a statement on Sunday. The PB ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Mon, Jul 07 2008

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