Talk of digital yuan challenging dollar dominance misses real power shift

As China prepares its digital yuan for wider domestic and cross-border use, the global debate has turned again to a familiar question: is Beijing trying to challenge the US dollar’s dominance? But this misses the more consequential point. The significance of China’s digital currency push lies not in substitution, but in the transformation of the infrastructure that underpins international payments. Over the past few years, the e-CNY has evolved into one of the world’s most advanced central bank...