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licensed and confirmed to depict the object we claim. Otherwise we cite it and link you to
the museum — we would rather show you nothing than show you the wrong thing.
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HKMA press release 20100719-4
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
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HKMA Official 2010 Press Release
Hong Kong Monetary Authority · HKMA press release 20100719-4 · July 19, 2010
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority's official announcement establishing the formal offshore RMB trade settlement market.
This press release is Wei's actual birth certificate — the day she was allowed to exist outside the walls that keep her sister, Mei, so carefully controlled.
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HKMA insight 20140218
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
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HKMA 'Hong Kong as Offshore Renminbi Centre' Retrospective
Hong Kong Monetary Authority · HKMA insight 20140218 · 2014
A retrospective analysis by the HKMA on Hong Kong's development as the world's leading offshore renminbi trading hub.
Four years after she was born, this document proves Wei had already made herself indispensable — the market's preferred way to bet on China without China's rules.
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BIS working paper 492
Bank for International Settlements
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BIS Working Paper: CNH-CNY Pricing Dynamics
Bank for International Settlements · BIS working paper 492 · 2015
A Bank for International Settlements research paper analyzing the price relationship between onshore and offshore renminbi.
Economists needed an entire research paper just to explain how two currencies with the same name can have two different prices — that's basically Wei's whole complicated relationship with her sister in one document.
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Hong Kong skyline reference
Referenced via public photography archives
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Victoria Harbour / IFC Financial District Photographs
Referenced via public photography archives · Hong Kong skyline reference · Contemporary
Photographs of Hong Kong's financial district skyline, home to the institutions that trade and manage the offshore renminbi market.
This skyline is Wei's home turf — a place built specifically to let money move more freely than it's allowed to on the mainland.
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National Security Law 2020
Referenced via Wikipedia / legal archives
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2020 Hong Kong National Security Law Documentation
Referenced via Wikipedia / legal archives · National Security Law 2020 · 2020
The controversial law imposed by Beijing on Hong Kong, raising questions about the territory's financial autonomy.
For the first time since her birth, Wei's whole reason for existing — being separate from the mainland's rules — came under real threat.
Primary sources
The documents themselves. We link and quote — that is citation, and it needs no licence.
HKMA Official 2010 Press Release
official_announcement · 2010 · Hong Kong Monetary Authority · HKMA
The founding announcement of the formal offshore RMB trade settlement agreement.
Hong Kong's official 2010 announcement creating this offshore Chinese currency market.
Hong Kong as Offshore Renminbi Centre
official_report · 2014 · Hong Kong Monetary Authority · HKMA
HKMA retrospective report on Hong Kong's growth as the leading offshore RMB trading hub.
A report explaining how Hong Kong became the top place to trade this offshore Chinese currency.
CNH-CNY Pricing Dynamics
academic_publication · 2015 · Bank for International Settlements · Bank for International Settlements
Research paper analyzing the pricing relationship between onshore and offshore renminbi markets.
An academic study explaining why the onshore and offshore Chinese currencies sometimes have different prices.
Wikipedia: 2020 Hong Kong National Security Law
encyclopedia_entry · Ongoing · Wikipedia contributors · Wikipedia
Reference overview of the controversial law and its implications for Hong Kong's autonomy.
Background on a controversial 2020 law affecting Hong Kong's independence from mainland China.
Wikipedia: Renminbi
encyclopedia_entry · Ongoing · Wikipedia contributors · Wikipedia
General reference on the Chinese currency system, including the onshore/offshore distinction.
A general overview of Chinese currency, including how the onshore and offshore versions differ.
Where this money travelled
Wei was born in Hong Kong's unique financial autonomy, growing from personal RMB services in 2003 into a full offshore trading market by 2010.
Hong Kong (HKMA)22.2793, 114.1628
Victoria Harbour22.2908, 114.1725
IFC / HSBC Building22.2849, 114.1583
Bank of China Tower22.2793, 114.1600
Shanghai (onshore RMB)31.2304, 121.4737
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