The Big Take
China Takes the Yuan Global in Bid to Repel a Weaponized Dollar
A string of new deals promote the Chinese currency as geopolitical risk spills into international finance
China is putting the yuan front and center in its fight back against the US's unique influence over global money.
President Xi Jinping's government has been busy striking deals over the past year to expand the ways in which the currency is used, with new agreements linked to the renminbi stretching from Russia and Saudi Arabia to Brazil and even France.