
When Wilson Chan Fung-cheung joined Hong Kong’s banking industry as a foreign-exchange trader more than four decades ago, his work involved US dollars, UK pounds, Japanese yen and various European and Asian currencies – but not Chinese yuan.
“Back then, there was no yuan trading at all as, in fact, the internationalisation of the yuan only started in 2009,” recalled Chan, who has worked for various Chinese banks.
Beijing’s decision that year to promote its currency for wider use in trade,…
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Why China’s path to ‘financial superpower’ status could begin in Hong Kong
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