China plays with fire by drawing on currency card

Weaker yuan reemerges as trigger in US tensions

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An unexpected devaluation of the yuan in 2015 resulted in capital flight. © Reuters

SETSUO OTSUKA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- China's central bank has weakened its reference rate for the yuan for a second day amid rising tensions with the U.S., stoking market concerns of capital flight and a rekindled trade war.

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