Renminbi (RMB)/Yuan Appreciation & Internationalization

Wrought

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That is pretty massive. But I think Nornickel had already issued panda bonds.
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Currently interest rates in China are much lower than in Russia. And a lot of those Russian energy companies export to China. They will need capital for large projects like Power of Siberia 2 or Vostok Oil. This will help a lot.

As noted in the link I provided (and yours too), the difference is that Nornickel issued them on the Moscow Exchange. The upcoming bonds will be issued in the Chinese domestic market.
 

Wrought

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Brief followup to yesterday's news; Rosatom has confirmed it will participate in the Chinese bond market.

Russian state-owned nuclear monopoly Rosatom is preparing to raise funds on the Chinese bond market, underscoring Moscow’s growing reliance on Beijing as ties between the two countries deepen. Confirmation of the plans by a Rosatom representative came after the
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on Sunday that China was preparing to reopen its domestic bond market to Russian energy companies.

Other potential candidates include gas and oil company Gazprom, which last week signed a
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with China during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to the country. Gazprom did not respond to requests for comment.

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CMP

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That is kind of messed up. Rosatom is building a lot of nuclear reactors in countries with lousy economies and unstable governments. Sometimes I wonder if they will ever get their money back.
They are the world leader in the business though.
I would imagine they get the profits more through long term service contracts rather than through the construction costs. It also buys them political influence. Even with lousy economies and unstable governments, the costs can still be recouped through electricity usage and billing across a long enough time frame. Even a new government will still need electricity. Government decision makers leaning towards reneging can probably be implicitly threatened with the possibility of assassination for themselves and their families. In short, I doubt anyone is losing sleep over possibility of losing money on nuclear reactors. It's just as much a political project as it is an infrastructure one.
 

Wrought

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RMB-denominated bonds outside of China are at a record high this year. Still a long way to go, though.

“There is an interest from both investors and issuers alike to move away from the US dollar,” said Giulia Pellegrini, lead portfolio manager for emerging-markets fixed income at Allianz Global Investors. “They are looking at alternative ways of financing essentially to get financing faster and at still affordable rates.”

Countries are also finding that they can borrow more cheaply in yuan. For others, it’s a way to unlock cash for China-backed infrastructure projects. The yield on yuan-denominated bonds sold this year by sovereign and corporate borrowers stands at 2.4%, about half the rate on dollar-denominated ones. In developing countries outside China, yuan-denominated bond sales have topped 15 billion yuan ($2.1 billion) so far in 2025, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That’s more than any other year, and compares with 3.5 billion yuan in the same period in 2024.

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sunnymaxi

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China Merchants Bank (Europe) and France's Baudouin on Saturday (French time) signed a yuan financing agreement in Marseille, France, with a financing amount of 110 million yuan ($15.45 million), marking the first yuan financing deal in the South of France, according to an article released by the official WeChat account of the Chinese Consulate General in Marseille..

 

2handedswordsman

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China Merchants Bank (Europe) and France's Baudouin on Saturday (French time) signed a yuan financing agreement in Marseille, France, with a financing amount of 110 million yuan ($15.45 million), marking the first yuan financing deal in the South of France, according to an article released by the official WeChat account of the Chinese Consulate General in Marseille..

Slight detail, Baudouin is already acquired by Weichai Power by 2009. You god damn Chinese imperialists what are you doing? lol
 

Wrought

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The first offshore yuan-denominated stablecoin was unveiled this week. This development has been widely anticipated for some months now.

HONG KONG, September 17, 2025 (EZ Newswire) -- At the 10th Belt and Road Summit in Hong Kong, jointly organized by the Government of the Hong Kong SAR and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council,
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, a leading stablecoin issuer from Central Asia and the first recipient of a stablecoin license from the Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA) in Kazakhstan, officially announced the launch of AxCNH, a stablecoin pegged to the offshore Chinese Yuan (CNH). The company signed key Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with Zoomlion, Lenovo, China Brilliant Global, ATAIX, and Conflux to explore AxCNH’s applications in cross-border payments, trade settlements, digital asset trading, and Real-World Asset (RWA) tokenization.

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