China's State Press Calls for 'Building a de-Americanized World'

Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), speaks at the Lujiazui Forum in Shanghai, on June 28Photograph by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
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“It is perhaps a good time for the befuddled world to start considering building a de-Americanized world.” As nations around the world fret over the U.S. budget impasse, that is the conclusion of a not-so-subtle commentary published by China’s official Xinhua News Agency on Oct. 14.

Key among its proposals: the creation of a new international reserve currency to replace the present reliance on U.S. dollars, a necessary step to prevent American bumbling from further afflicting the world, the commentary suggests.