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With foreign exchange reserves of around $3.65 trillion, China has plenty of scope to sell dollars and shore up its own currency.

Unhappy and irritated by a question put to him by a female Fox News TV journalist during a debate between several Republican aspirants for the White House, he notoriously said she had blood coming out of her eyes and “wherever”.

Just as his remark about the female journalist is distasteful, his comment about the devalued Chinese currency is extravagant.

So the notion that China is evolving into a more market-oriented country is to impose a particularly American perspective on Chinese actions. Impose trade barriers if Beijing will not comply. By 1994 it was 8.62 RMB to the dollar (the lowest ever on the record).

The central bank put the yuan’s central parity rate at 6.4010 yuan for $1.0, the China Foreign Exchange Trade System said, a drop of 1.11 percent from the previous day’s 6.3306.

Claiming the Centre is aware of the impact of Chinese yuan devaluation on Indian exports, the Minister said it would take steps to prevent dumping of Chinese good into India.

This week’s surprise devaluation of the yuan, also known as the renminbi or people’s currency, came after the central bank said it wanted the exchange rate to reflect market forces. The spot market opened at 6.3990 per dollar and was changing hands at 6.3996 in the...

China’s move to cut the value of the yuan to 6.3306 to a US dollar from 6.2298 Tuesday signaled Beijing was moving to a more market-determined exchange rate from a de facto peg that had propped up the value of the currency for so long.

The global benchmark, Brent crude LCOU5, -0.95% fell 67 cents, or 1.3%, to $49.51 a barrel on London’s ICE exchange.

Though China said its strong economic fundamentals provided “strong support” for the yuan, sources told Reuters that some within the government were pushing for the yuan to go even lower.

Whatever you choose to call it, China’s currency this week roiled global markets after the central bank’s sudden move to devalue it. The decision sparked fears of a new currency war and even drew the ire of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Shares of US carmakers with big exposure to China fell.