After several years of resisting outside demands to allow the yuan renminbi to appreciate in value against other currencies (especially the U.S. dollar), it looks as if China has decided to allow just that - for its own internal reasons instead of external pressure.

Inflation in China seems to be the driving force behind the rising yuan at the moment.

Let me see if I can explain how this works for those of us that are economists...


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