China has become the first major country to begin using its own digital currency, piloting it in four cities after six years of development.
If all goes well, the millions of tourists and athletes expected at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing will be able to use e-yuan to pay for their transactions in an already largely cashless country.
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