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Other countries are investing in China through state agencies, but Japan’s investment is by far the biggest in the yuan. As a currency with limited convertibility, such bets are symbolic of the shift in global power towards China as the world’s fastest-growing major economy. (Reuters)

A prospective trading partner in another country will not want to be paid in currency with limited convertibility. (Investopedia)