The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 8, February 20, 2005, Article 11

SPEND, BUT DON'T OFFEND

A recent Reuters article notes that Chinese officials want to
put curbs on the use of images of Chinese currency.

"China's central bank has proposed fines on people who
use images of the yuan currency to fan ethnic tensions, harm
territorial integrity, or promote pornography.

New draft measures published by the People's Bank of
China Wednesday lay down guidelines on how images of
Chinese money, also known as the renminbi or "people's
money," can be used in print and on the Internet.

The rules were issued "to strengthen management of the
use of renminbi images and guard the credibility of the
renminbi," the bank said on its Web site, www.pbc.gov.cn.

Chinese money, from the light green 1-yuan note to the
pink 100-yuan bill, bears portraits of the late Chairman
Mao Zedong."

"Offences included defacing the currency, harming national
unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity, fanning ethnic
separatism, leaking state secrets, and promoting
pornography, superstition and violence."

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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