Unfazed by US protest, Britain has decided to join the proposed China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), becoming the first Western country to seek membership of the bank in which India and 26 other nations are founding members.

英国对美国的抗议表现出淡定，决定加入中国支持的亚洲基础设施投资银行（AIIB），成为申请加入亚投行的第一个西方国家，而印度和另外26个国家是创世成员国。

While US officials reportedly complained over the British move saying it has taken a unilateral decision, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei welcomed UK’s move saying China will follow principles of openness and transparency.

据称，美国官员抱怨英国的这一举动，称其采取了一个单方面决定，而中国外交部发言人洪磊欢迎英国的这一举动，强调中国会遵循开放和透明的原则。

The AIIB has an authorised capital of $100 billion and the initial subscribed capital of $50 billion.

亚投行法定资金规模为1000亿美元，初步缴纳资金500亿美元。

India along with 26 other countries joined the bank as its founding members when it was formally set up last year by Chinese President.

South Korea, Japan and Australia stayed away reportedly on the advice of the US.

去年正式成立时，印度与另外26个国家一道以创始成员的身份加入。

据称，在美国的建议下，韩国、日本和澳大利亚选择避开。

以下是《印度经济时报》读者的评论：

tummalapali kirankumar (vallam)
US foreign policy of colonial era is coming to end before 2020

美国殖民时代的外交政策在2020年之前会寿终正寝。

 

Ajit Rengaswamy (Unknown)

once one country from europe joins, slowly other countries too join
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一旦某个欧洲国家加入，其他国家也会跟风加入的。

 

Virendra Pratap Singh (Republic of India)

Once domination of US dollar is over – US domination on world will be over as well. US knows that pretty well.
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一旦美元失去支配地位，美国的世界霸权也会随之结束。美国很清楚这点。

 

Parambir Hanjra Singh (ghaziabad)

USA is already having a debt to China and Japan including India more than 1.3 trillion dollars they have to oppose the move
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美国已经欠下中国、日本还有印度等超过1.3万亿美元的债务，他们不得不反对这一举动。

 

chuliakumar (Mumbai)

So many banks each controlled by a particular nation is actually Not good.

其实，那么多银行被特定国家控制不是好事。