List of motifs on banknotes
The official currency of Taiwan is the New Taiwan dollar (TWD). The motifs used are:
International use of the U.S. dollar
The People's Republic of China's renminbi was informally and controversially pegged to the dollar in the mid-1990s at ¥ 8.28/USD. Likewise, Malaysia pegged its ringgit at RM3.8/USD in September 1998, after the financial crisis. On July 21, 2005, both countries removed their pegs and adopted managed floats against a basket of currencies. Kuwait did likewise on May 20, 2007, and Syria did likewise in July 2007. However, after three years of slow appreciation, the Chinese yuan has been "de facto" re-pegged to the dollar since July 2008 at a value of ¥6.83/USD; although no official announcement had been made, the yuan has remained around that value within a narrow band since then, similar to the Hong Kong dollar.