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A new digital currency laid out in the Five-Year Plan for 2021-2025 is part of the PRC's goal to become technologically independent of [[the West]], to dominate global tech, and overtake the US as the world's dominant power by 2049.  Unlike cryptocurrencies such as [[bitcoin]], which are not issued by governments and therefore cannot be used as means of payment in most daily transactions, China's digital currency is issued and controlled by China's central bank.   

A new digital currency laid out in the Five-Year Plan for 2021-2025 is part of the PRC's goal to become technologically independent of [[the West]], to dominate global tech, and overtake the US as the world's dominant power by 2049.  Unlike cryptocurrencies such as [[bitcoin]], which are not issued by governments and therefore cannot be used as means of payment in most daily transactions, China's digital currency is issued and controlled by China's central bank.   

The currency known as the digital renminbi or yuan, also known as Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DCEP), is the opposite of bitcoin.  The ultimate goal of a [[cryptocurrency]] in the West is the separation of money and state, whereas the new digital currency is another element in the toolbox of [[surveillance]] and controlling the population, ensuring that no transaction goes unrecorded.

The currency known as the digital [[renminbi]] or [[yuan]], also known as Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DCEP), is the opposite of bitcoin.  The ultimate goal of a [[cryptocurrency]] in the West is the separation of money and state, whereas the new digital currency is another element in the toolbox of [[surveillance]] and controlling the population, ensuring that no transaction goes unrecorded.

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