WEEKLY DIGEST: September 19-25, 2015

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank​
NEWS​

AIIB president Jin Liqun (金立群) affirms that the AIIB will extend its mission to incorporate the private sector into its range of infrastructure building projects; further states that the Health industry is a “social infrastructure” which the bank will seek to aid.

• http://english.cri.cn/12394/2015/09/20/2202s896811.htm

AIIB Deepens its Partnership with the ADB.

• http://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/business/2436176.html
  
  

Chinese President's US Visit a Beacon of Diplomacy.

• http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2015-09/23/content_21958872.html

AIIB Encourages US to Become a Member State.

• http://www.gtreview.com/news/asia/xi-jinping-reiterates-us-invitation-to-aiib/
  
  

From joining AIIB to Linking Stock Markets,  Britain has Proven to be Allied with China.

• http://qz.com/507749/when-it-comes-to-trading-dodgy-stocks-the-uk-and-china-deserve-each-other

Could China Cause a Rift in US-India Partnership?

• http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/09/22/u-s-india-ties-in-the-age-of-xi-jinping/
  
  

President-designate Jin makes collaborative visit to the Republic of Korea.

• http://www.aiib.org/html/2015/NEWS_0910/19.htm

China's Xinhua News Agency speaks out; offers further clarification and endorsement of AIIB's mission.

• http://www.shanghaidaily.com/business/Chinas-initiatives-not-Plan-B-to-intl-financial-system/shdaily.shtml

Australia in Final Stages of Becoming a Member of the AIIB.

• http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2015/september/australian-government-supports-asian-infrastructure-investment-bank/
  
  

Thailand appears on board with China's One Belt On Road Economic Strategy; will be financed through AIIB.

• http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2015/09/18/446170/p1/Thailand-on.htm
  
  

Philippines showing ambivalence towards signing on with the AIIB; would like to wait for U.S. and Japan.

• http://business.inquirer.net/199344/ph-membership-in-aiib-to-depend-on-us-japan
  
  

That wraps up another week in the news for the AIIB. Check back with our blog next Saturday for another weekly update.

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