World’s Traders Catapult China to FX Big League on Yield Appeal

  • Trading volumes jump as capital flows into nation’s markets
  • Broader adoption requires open capital account, traders say
Photographer: Paul Yeung/Bloomberg
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The Chinese renminbi’s accelerating transformation from a sleepy backwater of the foreign-exchange market into a currency fit to rival global peers has traders setting aside concerns about how much further it can go without reform and buying into its ascent.