…an employee displays the frontal side of a new 10-yuan banknote for the Beijing Olympic Games at the headquarters of the People’s Bank of China in Beijing Monday, July 7, 2008. To commemorate the Beijing Olympics, China’s central bank is issuing a new 10-yuan (US$1.45) note. Mao is gone from the note, replaced by a sketch of the new National Stadium – the Bird’s Nest – and the emblem of the Beijing Games. Both are set against the backdrop of the Temple of Heaven, one of Beijing’s iconic sites.
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