The digital yuan offers China a way to dodge the dollar
In Beijing, officials are preparing for conflict
In recent military drills, China has simulated an invasion of Taiwan, which it considers a “renegade province”. Talk of war has preoccupied Chinese bloggers, pundits and politicians since Nancy Pelosi, speaker of America’s House of Representatives, visited Taipei in August.
This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “Dodging the dollar”
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