You can exchange rmb in Hong Kong. When we left china we exchange 18,000 rmb to us dollars no problem. You cannot exchange rmb to us in china unless you have made arrangements with the bank and have set if up with the school first. They need your contract, how much you make, it is a pain in the ass. We also did western union, but you need us funds to do it. The best way is to do it in Hong Kong. They have boosted the amount that you can take back to Canada, so you wouldn't have a problem.