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		ISL on Feb 1, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Currency War: U.S. Hedge Funds Mount New Attacks o... If each Chinese citizen were to sell $1000 worth of yuan back to the Chinese government in return for 1000 USD, a trillion-dollar reserve would be depleted.

rdancer on Feb 1, 2016 [–]

I don't get this. My mental image is all the toddlers of Beijing queuing at the banks, with a wad of banknotes in one hand and a pacifier in the other, unsure which one to give to the teller.

himlion on Feb 1, 2016 | [–]

I guess he's using an ill-chosen metaphor to show one trillion isn't that much.

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