&gt; Zimbabwe has announced that it will make the Chinese yuan legal tender after Beijing confirmed it would cancel $40m in debts.<p>I&#x27;m surprised it only took cancelling $40m of debt to have Zimbabwe to make the Yuan a legal currency in their country. China seems to have been buying a lot of influence in the continent through loans and building out infrastructure. Not sure if that&#x27;s a good thing or not, but considering that sanctions have failed to lead to much reform, I am leaning towards good.