July 07, 2015

The U.S. and Japan were caught off-guard when European countries agreed to join China’s new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, AIIB. The bank is seen as a rival to the western-dominated institutions like the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. The U.S. has opposed the bank’s creation and appears to have been caught off-guard when U.S. allies—Britain, Germany, Australia, and South Korea—signed up for the bank and became founding members, in spite of the U.S. warning that the Chinese would cut corners on environmental, social, and anti-corruption standards.

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