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For a good account see the article How does China Manipulate its Currency? which can be found at:

http://www.onemint.com/2009/01/26/how-does-china-manipulate-its-currency/comment-page-1/

Basically the article summarizes a couple of key strategies for setting currencly value:

Buying Dollars to Keep the Dollar Price HighIndirect Measures (like putting a cap on the amount of foreign assets that locals can invest abroad or allowing tax free repatriation of the Great Britain Pound, for example, whereby the British government can help boost inflow of Pounds in the country, and influence the exchange rate)
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