BEIJING/TOKYO -- Eight years after China first embarked on the path toward a digital yuan, the central bank's pilot program for the digital yuan has been expanded to 23 cities covering nearly a fifth of the population.
But a full launch of the currency remains elusive as a population already used to mobile payments such as Alipay and WeChatPay sees no reason to abandon their familiar apps.
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