How China has helped Russia and Iran evade Western sanctions, according to a think tank

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right).
&quotWhile Russia may pose the most immediate challenge, China is the bigger long-term threat," CIA director William J. Burns wrote in an op-ed for Foreign Affairs.

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Russia's use of the Chinese yuan surges as the Kremlin looks to bypass sanctions

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One Chinese yuan bill lying on top of a US dollar bill.
One Chinese yuan bill lying on top of a US dollar bill.

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Here's why China's yuan will never be able to dethrone the US dollar

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A Person Counting US Dollar Bills

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Beijing selling off US Treasurys is a sign of China's economic weakness as it tries to prop up the yuan

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An employee counts money at the last workday of a week at a bank in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, June 28, 2013.

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