China Issue Banknotes to Mark Beijing Olympic
      


For the first time in nearly a decade China is issuing new banknotes without the image of Chairman Mao Zedong.
The 10 yuan ($1.5; £0.75) notes instead feature Beijing’s new Olympic stadium on the front, with an ancient Greek statue of a discus thrower on the back.
Both are set against the backdrop of the Temple of [...]
         

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