Xi Welcomes Taiwan Effort to Join China’s Infrastructure Bank
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Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed Taiwan’s bid to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in his first meeting with the chairman of Taiwan’s ruling party.
Kuomintang Chairman Eric Chu suggested that Taiwan could seek AIIB membership under the name of “Chinese Taipei,” Huang Chao-shun, a member of Chu’s delegation, told a press briefing Monday in Beijing. Xi said “appropriate arrangements” could be made for Taiwan to take part in regional economic efforts, China’s official Xinhua News Agency said.