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The chosen yuan: from Baghdad Bill to Beijing Bob

12 September 2016

7:19 AM

12 September 2016

7:19 AM

The 5th World Peace Forum Opens In BeijingYou’ve got to feel for poor old Sam Dastaryi, dragged through the stocks last week for a spot of unusual household budgeting involving a travel bill, a chummy donor and some artificial islands in the South China Sea. Could’ve happened to any of us.

$1,670 is a fair amount of money, to be sure.

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