Why A-shares crisis won't slow RMB internationalisation

When a market doubles in size in a year, only to collapse by a quarter in a few weeks, a dose of panic is all but guaranteed. That’s exactly what has been happening with Chinese stocks, which went from boom to bust in the blink of an eye. But more surprising than the panicked reactions of Chinese regulators have been the many voices among international observers that the crisis spells doom for the RMB internationalisation process. That seems unlikely.