57 nations approved as founder members of China-led AIIB | South China Morning Post

57 nations approved as founder members of China-led AIIB | South China Morning Post

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1766970/sweden-israel-poland-and-south-africa-last-join-aiib

Beijing Approves 57 Founding Members for AIIB

The Chinese Ministry of Finance announced (SCMP) on Wednesday that the fifty-seven prospective founding members of the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank will have priority over nations that sign up later and will have the right to establish the bank's rules. Meanwhile, China's first quarter GDP growth dropped (FT) to 7 percent, its lowest rate since 2009. http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1766970/sweden-israel-poland-and-south-africa-last-join-aiib

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