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Deep dive | Building an international finance center: Tracking China’s financial sector ambitions 

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Exec sum:

China’s leadership is watching closely to see how financial sanctions affect Russia. It’s becoming increasingly clear that dollar dependence is a strategic vulnerability, and that China needs to achieve a degree of independence from the global dollar order.
Doing so will require a multifa...



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