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Only the Olympics could bump Mao Zedong, the founding leader of communist China, off a Chinese banknote. To commemorate the Beijing Olympics, China’s central bank is issuing a new 10-yuan note. The note is worth $1.45, the starting price for a taxi ride in the capital. Mao is gone from the note, replaced by a sketch of the new National Stadium — the Bird’s Nest — and the emblem of the Beijing Games. The back of the note features a statue of a Greek discus-thrower and the year 2008 written in Arabic script. The Associated Press
