There has been news about it but it has not been given much coverage. Christmas eve last, it was reported by AFP and Xinhua (Chinese Govt. Media) that China was

There has been news about it but it has not been given much coverage. Christmas eve last, it was reported by AFP and Xinhua (Chinese Govt. Media) that China was trying to create conditions for the yuan to become an international settlement currency and would use the yuan in transactions with neighbouring economies on a trial basis: http://www.marketskeptics.com/2008/12/china-makes-yuan-international-currency.html http://www.marketskeptics.com/2008/12/china-makes-yuan-inter... I link to a blog and not the articles because I think the blogger makes some great commentary. He also gives his incite to yesterday's news in the first link on the right. Definitely worth a read.