Posted 06/26/2011 12:03 am
Most communist countries had special currencies for foreign visitors, to prevent the evil foreign Capital from contaminating the hearts and minds of the loyal proletariat. As it says in the blurb on the back, only certain stores were allowed to accept them or to redeem them for regular Chinese money. If an unauthorized Chinese national attempted to redeem them, they'd have been in for an unpleasant surprise, no doubt.
Their use was discontinued in 1995.
Their use was discontinued in 1995.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
