It has realised that in order to become a true global company, the first step is to drop some of the old habits, "said Randy Zhou, analyst at Bank of China international."

(但)它已发现，为了成为真正的全球企业，第一步就是放弃一些老习惯。

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In January bank of China, the country's most international outfit, entered into a pact with Ecobank, which operates in 31 African countries.

一月，中国最为国际化的银行- - -中国银行与跨国经济银行签订协议，后者在31个非洲国家运营。

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Stephen Green, head of China Research of Standard Chartered Bank, said the swap deals would help encourage the use of the yuan as the currency of choice for international trade.

渣打银行中国区研究主管王志浩表示，通货互换能够有效促进人民币成为国际贸易货币。

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Even as the crisis was still raging, in March 2009, Zhou Xiaochuan, the governor of the People's Bank of China started to talk about moving to a different kind of international currency system, with better alternatives to the dollar.

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Bank of China, the first of China's Big Four banks to report half-year profits, also warned that international markets remained "sharply precarious".

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Even by the government's optimistic accounting, only Bank of China currently meets the standards set by the Bank for International Settlements, which thinks big banks should have capital equal to at least 8% of their assets.

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