As Trade Tensions Simmer, Chinese Regime Warns Citizens Against Excessive Capital Outflows

As Trade Tensions Simmer, Chinese Regime Warns Citizens Against Excessive Capital Outflows
A staff member counts money at a branch of the Bank of China on August 10, 2011 in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province of China. VCG/VCG via Getty Images
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China’s wealthy elite are devising new ways to shift their assets abroad, according to a recent announcement by China’s foreign exchange regulatory agency.

As U.S. trade negotiations ended earlier this month with no reached agreement, the yuan’s value dropped to a four-month low against the U.S. dollar.