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By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia and China began actively using the yuan in their trade in 2022. This is now undermining the US dollar's position as the world's reserve currency. This is the conclusion of a study by economists at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Historically, it takes...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The emphasis on the use of the yuan in bilateral settlements with China is inevitable, but the share of the ruble in them is also growing, the Russian Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov told reporters in Beijing.

According to him, in bilateral agreements with China...

By Rhod Mackenzie

More than 80% of payments between the Russian Federation and China are made in national currencies, so we can declare that the de-dollarization of economic relations between the two countries has taken place, said Georgy Zinoviev, director of the first Asian department of the Rus...

By Dmitry Migunov

The transformation of the yuan into a global convertible currency ("internationalization") is in full swing. SWIFT statistics have shown that the use of the Chinese currency in international payments has increased markedly. However, the share of the yuan on a global scale so far...

By Sergey Manukov

Over the past few months, the Chinese Ministry of Finance has been aggressively selling US government bonds. As a result of this sale, as of the end of June, China had “only” $835 billion left, according to Business Insider. Of course, this is a lot, but not for China. The last t...

By Tao Mingyang

The yuan retained its position as the fifth most-used currency for global payments in July, with a share of 3.06 percent, according to the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT) - the second time the currency exceeded the 3 percent benchmark.

The yua...