China’s decision to create a new development bank for Asia is proving a highly divisive enterprise. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, due to open its doors later this year, has sparked deep divisions between Beijing and Washington. The latter argues that the bank will undermine existing international institutions and that it will be a vehicle for a broader expression of Chinese strategic interests. Now the AIIB has also become a source of major discord between the US and some of its chief allies, including the UK, which has decided to become a founder member of the new institution.
事實(shí)證明，中國(guó)為亞洲建立一家新開(kāi)發(fā)銀行的決定具有高度爭(zhēng)議性。定于今年晚些時(shí)候投入運(yùn)營(yíng)的亞洲基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施投資銀行(Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank)已引發(fā)北京與華盛頓之間的深刻分歧。后者認(rèn)為，亞投行將削弱現(xiàn)有國(guó)際機(jī)構(gòu)，而且將成為更廣泛地表達(dá)中國(guó)戰(zhàn)略利益的工具。如今，亞投行也成了美國(guó)與其幾個(gè)關(guān)鍵盟友（包括已決定成為這家新機(jī)構(gòu)創(chuàng)始成員國(guó)的英國(guó)）之間主要分歧的一個(gè)來(lái)源。