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    • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
      ‘China’s World Bank’ plans to triple climate change lending by 2030

      Top priority will account for more than half of new financing at Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

      A solar panel is installed next to rice paddies in Thailand
    • Monday, 21 August, 2023
      The rise of the middle powers
      The à la carte world: our new geopolitical order

      With the US and China at loggerheads, a range of ‘middle powers’ see an opening to pursue their interests

      Monuments representing the countries
    • Friday, 21 July, 2023
      China-backed AIIB secures World Bank deal

      Highest-profile agreement since Beijing-based group accused of being infiltrated by Chinese Communist party

      A man walks by the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank  headquarters in Beijing
    • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
      Canada freezes activity at ‘China’s World Bank’ after infiltration claims

      Top official resigns and levels accusations that institution is controlled by Communist party members

      A security guard stands in front of a sign for the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in Beijing
    • Wednesday, 12 April, 2023
      Interview
      China’s AIIB calls for multilateral lenders to keep prized preferred creditor status

      Senior development bank official signals support for existing hierarchy as debt restructuring talks continue

    • Thursday, 27 October, 2022
      China-based AIIB ramps up global development lending

      Head of Beijing’s alternative to World Bank says it will maintain suspension of operations in Russia

      Jin Liqun, president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
    • Thursday, 3 March, 2022
      China-based AIIB freezes lending to Russia and Belarus over Ukraine war

      Development bank’s move threatens to strain relations between Beijing and Moscow

      The logo for the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
    • Friday, 29 October, 2021
      Moral Money
      How to plug the green funding gap Premium content

      Plus, the SEC’s long road to climate disclosure rules

      Jin Liqun, president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, pledged that his organisation would align itself with the Paris goals by 2023
    • Wednesday, 2 June, 2021
      Myanmar
      China-backed AIIB leaves door open to lending to Myanmar’s junta

      Development bank says it does not base decisions on ‘form of government’ but on broader checklist

    • Tuesday, 11 May, 2021
      ESG investing
      AIIB touts ESG bond framework to simplify verification process

      Campaign groups criticise Beijing-based development bank for oversight of its investments

    • Monday, 23 November, 2020
      Beijing-based development bank AIIB to target healthcare in Asia

      New unit to consider loans for areas such as improving wet markets and sewage monitoring

    • Sunday, 9 August, 2020
      Paul Collier
      Pandemic threatens African economic success

      Fall in commodity prices benefits advanced economies

      The slump in tourism worldwide is a heavy blow for Africa
    • Friday, 3 April, 2020
      Coronavirus
      AIIB and ADB to lend billions in battle against coronavirus

      Asian development banks switch focus from infrastructure to health

      Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank president Jin Liqun: ‘The crisis has laid bare the vulnerability of so many countries’
    • Monday, 2 December, 2019
      Indonesia
      Indonesia eyes China-backed AIIB to fund new capital city

      Beijing-based development bank seen as more ‘flexible’ than other multilateral lenders

      Flooding in Jakarta...epa04018400 Residents ride on a horse-drawn carriage through floodwaters in Jakarta, Indonesia, 13 January 2014. Dozens of villages of 18 districts in Jakarta are flooded with water due to rain since last 11 January and caused more than 5,000 people to evacuate. According to the Extreme Weather Sub Division of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency, the highest precipitation is predicted to occur in the end of January until early February, 2014. EPA/ADI WEDA
    • Thursday, 28 November, 2019
      AIIB teams up with Temasek-backed firm on infrastructure

      Beijing-based bank and partner seek to mobilise funds for large emerging Asia projects

      Jin Liqun, president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. The multilateral bank believes repackaging infrastructure loans will free up lenders to recycle capital for investment in new projects
    • Thursday, 25 April, 2019
      James Crabtree
      China needs to make BRI more transparent and predictable

      Global infrastructure project must move beyond mish-mash of opaque bilateral deals

      Workers on a platform install flowers on a decoration in a shape of a train for promoting the upcoming Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The Belt and Road Forum which will open by Chinese President Xi Jinping this weekend in the capital city has draw leaders from around the globe. Xi, who has made the initiative a signature policy, agreed last month to seek fairer international trade rules and address the world's economic and security challenges, in what appeared to many as a rebuke to President Donald Trump's protectionist policies. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
    • Friday, 15 March, 2019
      Belt and Road Initiative
      Italy eyes loans from China-led development bank

      Rome in advanced talks to endorse Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative despite EU warning

      China’s president Xi Jinping and Italy’s deputy prime minister Luigi Di Maio
    • Tuesday, 29 January, 2019
      Chinese business & finance
      China ‘rebalances’ overseas lending on debt burden concerns 

      AIIB president refutes claims country lent ‘recklessly’ to trap other countries 

      Jin Liqun, president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), attends the Hong Kong Asian Financial Forum (AFF) in Hong Kong, China, on Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. The AFF runs through to Jan. 15. Photographer: Anthony Kwan/Bloomberg
    • Wednesday, 9 January, 2019
      AIIB creates $500m fund to invest in infrastructure company bonds
    • Monday, 7 May, 2018
      Infrastructure investment
      AIIB set to extend reach to Latin America and Africa

      China-led lender takes next step to becoming global institution to rival World Bank

      The logo of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is displayed at the bank's headquarters building in Beijing, China, on Thursday, Jan. 5 2017. One year after opening with 57 charter members, the China-led AIIB remains open to the U.S. joining, President Jin Liqun said. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
    • Sunday, 18 March, 2018
      Chinese politics & policy
      India benefits from AIIB loans despite China tensions

      Delhi overlooks security concerns to pick up $1bn in infrastructure funding

      Electricity in India...epa05082827 An Indian employee of a private contractor is silhouetted against the sky as he works on power lines in Mumbai, India, 29 December 2015. Electricity infrastructure in India varies greatly with location. India's energy consumption has been increasing at one of the fastest rates in the world due to its population growth and economic development. India has insufficient domestic supplies of energy and is forced to import a great deal of its energy needs. EPA/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI
    • Tuesday, 20 February, 2018
      Global Economy
      Islamic Development Bank to join forces with China-led AIIB

      Partnership aims to address infrastructure funding gap in Africa

      Bandar Bin Mohammed Al-Hajjar, chairman of the Islamic Development Bank, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Monday, Feb. 19, 2018. Islamic Development Bank (IDB) offers loans, equity financing, leasing, installment sales, trade and development projects financing, foreign direct investments, and infrastructure and properties investments services. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
    • Wednesday, 31 January, 2018
      The FT ViewBelt and Road Initiative
      Theresa May is right to be cautious over China’s Belt and Road plan

      The UK should not give blanket support to risky infrastructure projects

      BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 31: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (not pictured) accompanies British Prime Minister Theresa May (R) to view an honour guard during a welcoming ceremony inside the Great Hall of the People on January 31, 2018 in Beijing, China. At the invitation of Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council of China, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Theresa May will pay an official visit to China from January 31st to February 2nd. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
    • Sunday, 21 January, 2018
      Special ReportJames Kynge
      Davos 2018: China and the west head for a clash of systems

      Hopes for convergence founder on rocks of incompatible political economies

      Bloomberg Best of the Year 2017: A delegate walks up a flight of stairs as attendants stand outside the the Great Hall of the People ahead of the opening of the fifth session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China, on Sunday, March 5, 2017. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
    • Friday, 13 October, 2017
      Global Economy
      China moves in as US pulls back from global institutions

      Chinese officials out in force at IMF and World Bank meetings this week

      Chinese Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao (C) hugs ternational Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde as People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan (L) smiles after G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors family photo before a plenary session during the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington, U.S., October 12, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
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