Sources: AP
Thousands protest in Sofia and other major Bulgarian cities against government plans to adopt the euro, demanding a referendum on the new currency, ahead of expected approval to enter the eurozone. 2025-05-31
Prosecutors in China charge multiple funeral directors with selling more than 4,000 corpses to two major medical companies over several decades. Police seized 18 tonnes of bones and 34,000 semi-finished products, with the thieves having earned around 380 million yuan (US$53 million) before they were arrested. 2024-08-9
Indian oil refiners start payments for Russian oil imports in Chinese yuan as an alternative to the US dollar due to the sanctions against Russia. 2023-07-3
The Central Bank of Russia announces it will start buying the Chinese yuan in an attempt to diversify its foreign-currency reserves away from the Euro and the U.S. dollar and to become less vulnerable to Western sanctions. 2016-07-5
Chinese state television reports Guo Youming, former deputy governor of Hubei province, is found guilty of taking bribes totaling more than 23.8 million yuan ($3.70 million). Guo is the latest to be convicted as a result of China's paramount leader Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign that started when Xi took Party general secretary office three years ago. 2015-12-9
The People's Bank of China devalues the Chinese yuan by two percent in an attempt to boost its economy, a move which could spark a currency war. 2015-08-11
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, on a trip to Shanghai, China, announces that the Australian dollar is set to trade directly with the Chinese yuan, becoming the third currency to do so. 2013-04-8
Chinese authorities order artist Ai Weiwei, released from his 80-day imprisonment last week, to pay more than 12 million yuan in unpaid taxes and fines thought by those who know him to be related to his activism. 2011-06-28
The Chinese yuan reaches a record level against the US dollar. 2011-03-23
An appreciation of the Chinese yuan will help US economic growth but it will not solve problems in its own economy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist said Monday. [http:--www.chinadaily.com.cn-bizchina-2,,010-02-17-content_9472062.htm (China Daily)]date=August 2019 2010-02-15