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China Finds Costly New Way of Boosting Xi’s Global Yuan Push - BLOOMBERG
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October 23, 2025 at 7:18 AM GMT+1 Updated on October 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM GMT+1China is leveraging its position as the world’s largest creditor to help broaden usage of the yuan, offering overseas borrowers the chance to benefit from economically-depressed interest rates at home by ditching the dollar.
Ethiopia became the latest this week in looking to convert at least part of the $5.38 billion owed to Beijing into yuan-denominated loans. A growing number of sovereigns is also seizing on cheaper Chinese financing via bonds.