1997年亚洲金融危机期间，中国经济状况比现在糟糕得多，但中国政府仍然抵制住了贬值的诱惑 — — 而中国也成功地在危机中毫发无伤。
During the 1997 Asian financial crisis, China’s economic situation was much worse than it is today, but the government still resisted the temptation to devalue the renminbi – and the country managed to emerge from the crisis virtually unscathed.