MONETARY POLICY

Image showing Chinese yuan banknotes, a U.S. dollar bill, and oil pumpjacks, symbolizing China’s currency strategy and de-dollarization

The gilded Dragon: China’s yuan, gold, and the future of global finance

02/10/202505/10/2025

As gold soars to historic highs, Beijing quietly advances a yuan–gold nexus. This calculated strategy challenges dollar supremacy, fuels de-dollarization, and signals a possible monetary realignment with far-reaching geopolitical and economic consequences

Geopolitical map of Africa overlaid with semi-transparent Chinese 100 yuan banknote featuring Mao Zedong, illustrating China's currency expansion across the continent

Beijing’s African laboratory: How yuan internationalization tests global ambitions

22/07/202505/08/2025

China’s yuan internationalization strategy finds its most promising testing ground in Africa, where pragmatic economics meets geopolitical ambition in a carefully orchestrated challenge to established dollar dominance across emerging markets worldwide

MONETARY POLICY

The gilded Dragon: China’s yuan, gold, and the future of global finance

Beijing’s African laboratory: How yuan internationalization tests global ambitions

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