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As of writing this comment all but one comment here is either a question answered by the article, or a statement superseded by the article with better information. Good job, guys.

> What does that really mean? Is it stable for those who hold it in China where the amount you can legally transfer overseas is limited and that limit has been both going down and much more effectively enforced in recent years?

Literally the entire point of the article is talking about this.

> Well, sure, when you manipulate the forex market, you can act to alter the value of your own currency.

That's not the only method described, though it's powerful. Article describes the rest - which are very interesting.

> The Bank of China pegs the yuan to the US Dollar afaik...

Better information in the article.

> The Yuan is pegged to the US Dollar

Better information in the article.

I frequently go straight to HN comments instead of the article itself because the article might be exaggerating a point to attract more clicks, whereas the discussion is typically a bit broader. That people don't keep it DRY is a feature to me, not a bug.

The problem with this approach is that you are limiting yourself to the narrative of a hive-mind. Although HN has done a better job of it then Reddit but it still exhibits the same problems a lot of time.

Possibly, but in true Dunning/Kruger fashion, I believe that I am immune to that. And I have proof: I like Electron :-D

Not really. Also it goes faster.

Same.

> As of writing this comment all but one comment here is either a question answered by the article, or a statement superseded by the article with better information. Good job, guys.

The posted article is behind a paywall. What did you expect?

That people would suppress the impulse to write a toppevel comment based only on the headline?

The downside is that longer articles may be penalised because of people taking more time to read them before voting/commenting.

The guys happily offering wrong information are corrected by the portion of the text visible before the paywall.

ironically, you answering our questions doesnt make us more likely to read the article

Thank God you're here to save the day!

There’s a paywall

Blocking javascript prevents the bottom half of the article from being hidden. Ublock origin lets you disable JS on a per-site basis, if you're using that as your adblocker.

Indeed, but the wrong information offered gladly was contradicted by the truth in the portion of the article not hidden by the paywall.

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