Terrible practices ? You mean the 180 turnaround GW did the last half year ? Can ' t agree with that one . Prices are too high , no question . If not for miniatures , then for sure for paints and bases . 4 for a sheet of plastic ? Sure . <| sep |> Das hier ist auch schn . <| sep |> Not really , all are moderates . Only my Uncle is a crazy conservative , and he went to his wife ' s side of the family this year . <| sep |> Le libralisme ce n ' est pas le march . Mais pour rpondre ta question , la science conomique a diffrentes ides sur la question . Par exemple , parce que le cot de coordination administratif est moins important que le cot de transaction sur un march . <| sep |> China Struggles to Steady Yuan ' s DeclineWith traders going short , depreciation is speeding upBy LINGLING WEI in Beijing and SAUMYA VAISHAMPAYAN in Hong KongNov . 24 , 2016 705 a . m . ET 34 COMMENTSChina is facing an uphill battle to maintain an orderly depreciation of the yuan as investors pile up bearish bets against the currency outside the mainland . The gap between the yuan ' s value against the dollar in the domestic market and in what is known as the offshore market in Hong Kong , has been widening in recent days . On Wednesday , this socalled spread reached 0 . 0333 , its widest since the beginning of October apart from the day after the U . S . election , although it narrowed a touch on Thursday . While the Chinese authorities strictly limit the way the yuan trades at home , it can be bought and sold more freely in Hong Kong . But its value against the dollar is usually about the same in both markets . ENLARGEThe widening gap now is complicating the central bank ' s strategy of letting some air out of the currency at a pace Beijing dictates . The two yuan markets at home and in Hong Kong often feed off each other . Moreover , a weaker yuan offshore could encourage more Chinese businesses and individualsthe mainstay of the mainland marketto seek to convert their currency into dollars , potentially adding downward pressure on the domestically traded yuan . China has tolerated a weaker yuan since early October , right after its entry into the International Monetary Fund ' s elite group of reserve currencies , acknowledging that a cheaper currency is the price of using easy money to prop up the economy . The pace of depreciation has quickened since Donald Trump ' s surprise U . S . presidentialelection win sent the greenback soaring and emergingmarket currencies tumbling . The yuan is down 6 . 2 % against the dollar this year in onshore markets , reaching 6 . 9152 against the dollar on Thursday , with more than a third of the drop in the past two weeks . The People ' s Bank of China is unwilling to let the currency slide too far , too fast , for fear that might lead to destabilizing capital flows out of the country . Investors in offshore markets have , though , been pounding the yuan weaker , in the apparent belief that the central bank may struggle to control the pace of its decline . RELATED COVERAGEYuan Slides to Lowest Level in Nearly Eight YearsChina Marks Milestone With Yuan ' s Entry Into IMF Reserve BasketYuan ' s Slide May Have More to Do With Economics Than Donald TrumpThe PBOC may intervene to shore up the yuan , said Prashant Singh , a senior portfolio manager at Neuberger Berman in Singapore . But he said he expects the Chinese currency to fall further because of the gloomy outlook for global trade and the diverging economic trajectories in the U . S . and China . Centralbankled interventions are typically temporary in nature , Mr . Singh added . The fundamental factors still point to weakness . Already , in the past week , some stateowned bankswhich often act as proxy for the People ' s Bank of Chinahave sold dollars to support the yuan after it dropped to its lowest level against the dollar in eight years onshore , traders say . The central bank has also been setting the yuan ' s daily official rate against the dollar , known as the fix , somewhat stronger than implied by the greenback ' s strength against other global currencies in recent days , according to analysts , indicating its desire to avoid too sharp of a decline . The yuan hasn ' t fallen as much against the dollar as have other currencies such as the yen , the euro and the Korean won recently . The PBOC didn ' t respond to requests for comment . Earlier this year , when the gap between the yuan ' s value at home and in Hong Kong also widened , the Chinese central bank directed stateowned banks to buy large quantities of yuan in the Hong Kong market , sending overnight borrowing costs to elevated levels that effectively prohibited investors from wagering against the currency . This time around , however , shortterm overnight borrowing costs in Hong Kong have remained around levels that analysts consider normal , suggesting little intervention offshore . ' We don ' t need to worry too much about the shortterm depreciation of the yuan . ' Yu YongdingOne factor that might have limited China ' s ability to intervene more aggressively , analysts say , is its shrinking foreignexchange reserves . The stockpile , still the world ' s largest of its kind , fell to $ 3 . 12 trillion last month , its lowest since 2011 . That compares to a record $ 4 trillion in June 2014 . Some analysts within China , including prominent economist Yu Yongding , are now urging the central bank to adopt a more flexible exchangerate regime to help the yuan find its true market level . The costs of intervention , they say , have become too high and could encourage capital flight . They have called on Beijing to take the step before Mr . Trump takes office in January The New York businessman has pledged to label China a currency manipulator and to slap higher tariffs on Chinese goods . We have capital controls as the last line of defense , Mr . Yu wrote in an article published in state media this week . We don ' t need to worry too much about the shortterm depreciation of the yuan .