plural yuan
1
: the basic monetary unit of the People's Republic of China see Money Table compare renminbi
2
: the dollar of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
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Since Russia receives most foreign payments in yuan, euros, or rupees, a strong ruble means selling ever more oil and gas just to earn the same revenue or dipping into the dwindling NWF to cover shortfalls.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 16 Dec. 2025
Ting Lu, chief China economist at Nomura, cautioned that appreciating renminbi, or yuan, to reduce trade surplus was unlikely to be sustainable without meaningful steps to end deflation in the economy.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2025
Russia, in turn, benefits from record trade flows with its neighbor and the adoption of the Chinese yuan for payments, helping to mitigate the impact of being dropped from SWIFT.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
According to a Morgan Stanley research note from December, leading robot manufacturers have set ambitious targets for 2026, with orders announced in the second half of this year already exceeding 2 billion yuan (US$282 million).
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 8 Dec. 2025
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 16 Dec. 2025
Ting Lu, chief China economist at Nomura, cautioned that appreciating renminbi, or yuan, to reduce trade surplus was unlikely to be sustainable without meaningful steps to end deflation in the economy.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2025
Russia, in turn, benefits from record trade flows with its neighbor and the adoption of the Chinese yuan for payments, helping to mitigate the impact of being dropped from SWIFT.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
According to a Morgan Stanley research note from December, leading robot manufacturers have set ambitious targets for 2026, with orders announced in the second half of this year already exceeding 2 billion yuan (US$282 million).
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 8 Dec. 2025
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Yuan
geographical name
Yu·an
ˈywen 
ˈywän
1
river 500 miles (805 kilometers) long in southeast central China flowing from Guizhou northeast to northeastern Hunan
2
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