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41%  
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  • China says Taiwan welcome to join AIIB with appropriate name

    04/02/2015 11:16:23 AM PDT · by kevin_in_so_cal · 12 replies
    Reuters ^ | Wed Apr 1, 2015 | Ben Blanchard, J.R. Wu
    Most countries, including the United States, do not recognise Taiwan due to pressure from China. Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations, the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund. However it is a member of the Asian Development Bank under the name of Taipei, China. China views Taiwan as a renegade province and has not ruled out the use of force to bring it under its control. However, since Taiwan's current president Ma Ying-jeou took office in 2008, enmity has declined considerably and the two sides have signed a number of trade and investment deals. The AIIB...