China-led Asian infra lender AIIB launches signalling a shift in economic power balance

China-led Asian infra lender AIIB launches signalling a shift in economic power balance

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Chinese President Xi Jinping launched a new international development bank seen as a rival to the U.S.-led World Bank at a lavish ceremony on Saturday, as Beijing seeks to change the unwritten rules of global development finance.

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