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Has the Chinese yuan's rise in global usage hit a wall?

Has the Chinese yuan's rise in global usage hit a wall?

It is widely known that global use of China's currency, the yuan, rose substantially in 2023–24 following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as sanctions and the related reordering of Russian trade drove geopolitical tailwind...