How much foreign currency do you take when you go abroad?

Would you like to change your foreign currency into Chinese money?

This is how we value our currency, and against all other currencies exchange rates are freely floating.

Rather than let their exchange rates soar, many governments have intervened to buy foreign currency, or imposed taxes on foreign capital inflows.

Hits from foreign currency hedges and higher research and development investment undercut the underlying earnings, before one off items, the company said.