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Or is there such a tag?

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The Chinese use the Renminbi, sometimes denoted as RMB. It's also called the Yuan.

Alan
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Pat
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Wikipedia:

Shop prices in mainland China and Taiwan are usually marked with 元 after the digits. In mainland China, using '¥' as well as RMB to denote the currency is common.

And here's the link on how to get the ¥ character in unicode or with HTML entities.

Mark Rushakoff
On the mainland I've never seen the ¥ symbol outside financial institutions. It's always RMB or more likely 元. Admittedly most what I have seen is Shanghai and nearby locations.
Loren Pechtel
@Loren: Okay, who's going to put the [citation needed] tag on the Wikipedia page then? :)
Mark Rushakoff
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I think you possibly want CNY (ie. Chinese yuan). Also sometimes known as RMB.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renminbi

Peter