Jacob, This Is For You / Chinese Money						BACK TO DATE PAGE
		My nephew Jacob and the Boys' Choir he belongs to are heading to China in just a few weeks to perform in several Chinese cities.  So, when today I stumbled upon the explanation of Chinese currency that you can link to below, I knew I had to post it immediately. For simplicity sake, I think of 1 renminbi (pronounced: wren-min [as in minute]-bee) as $0.14.  So you can think of a 100 renminbi bill as a $14 bill or a 1 renminbi bill as a $0.14 bill.  The coins you're most likely to encounter are the Chinese equivalent of our dime coin, that is, 1/10 of a renminbi ($0.014) or their equivalent of our half dollar coin, which is 1/2 of a renminbi ($0.07).
					Click Here to Link to Currency Pictures and More Detail
				Jacob, your Uncle Tom is proud of you. I know you and your fellow choir members are going to have a fabulous time here in China. And I can't wait to hear someone else's China stories for a change.
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