WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - China's President Hu Jintao called the international currency system, which is dominated by the U.S. dollar, a "product of the past" but said it would be a "fairly long process" to make China's own currency an international one.
Hu, who will visit Washington this week, also said "the liquidity of the U.S. dollar should be kept at a reasonable and stable level." He made the comments in a very rare written interview with two U.S. newspapers, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post.
(Editing by Sandra Maler and Todd Eastham)