The more expensive Huaxiangsu style is available for those willing to spend the yuan.
The notion: China keeps the value of its yuan too low, which gives it an unfair trade advantage.
To now be deemed impoverished, a person must make less than 1, 196 yuan a year.
On Thursday, Beijing police issued a statement saying that Yuan Liya had committed suicide.
The yuan has risen 1.8% against the U.S. currency since the start of the year.
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Western central bankers have been trying hard to convince the Chinese to let the yuan appreciate.
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The average land price fell 16% to 1, 061 yuan per square meter last year.
This year, the yuan rose six consecutive months against the dollar, breaking a record.
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Meanwhile, the yuan will remain a thorn in the side of certain China exporters.
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Floating the yuan would also relieve the monetary authorities of self-defeating exchange rate intervention.
That said, change will surely come slowly for the yuan, as China has made clear.
If the Chinese allow the yuan to be freely traded, the currency may appreciate significantly.
Instead, it is proposing that the yuan be gradually eased into a leading currency role.
This is the first time that the yuan has traded outside of China and Hong Kong.
In China, speculators are diving into the yuan, betting its recent rise will continue.
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Also spared was a soap opera called "Li Yuan Chun, " broadcast by Henan Satellite TV.
Overall, 127 people made the list, with a net worth in excess of 10 billion yuan.
China said that it would be interested in including the yuan in the basket.
All this might suggest that China has little to fear from a revaluation of the yuan.
In January Alibaba said it would invest up to 30 billion yuan in new warehouses.
However, it is starting to look like the Chinese may revalue the yuan.
Jereh shares increased to a new high of 77.17 yuan on Tuesday on Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
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On the mainland, it exacerbates ongoing tension with Washington about where to set the Chinese yuan.
Floating the yuan would end this dilemma as well as reduce the imbalances described earlier.
Except for the Chinese yuan, which is non-convertible, payment can be received in any currency.
Over time, the euro and China's yuan (if it became convertible) could emerge as competitors.
Abolishing the agricultural tax has saved the average peasant around 100 yuan a year.
And the appreciation of the yuan meant orders priced in dollars the overwhelming majority brought in less income.
The company was forced to stop using the name and to pay damages of 300, 000 yuan.
The yuan has strengthened by around 15 percent against the dollar since 2008.
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