----- Original Message -----
From: "Jane Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Sarasvati" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 6:40 PM
Subject: The Currency Symbol of China

> So, my questions are:
>
> 1. Do you know which symbol is declared as the standard by Chinese
official authorities ?

Presumably U+FFE5 (fullwidth/全角) or U+00A5 (halfwidth/半角), if any.

> 2. In China, the currency is called "Renminbi Yuan", why is it not
included in Unicode
> standard ? Instead of it, "Yen" is being used which is the name of
Japanese currency.
> Does Chinese authorities agree to use the same currency symbol as Japan ?

I would guess that most people agree that the same character be used for
both 元 and 円. After all, that's the code point Chinese fonts use for 元. If
the Chinese authorities do, however, I don't know.

Stefan

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