6月14日，加拿大籍亞投行員工畢加博在其推特賬號上宣布辭去亞投行全球通信主管一職。此后，加官方還據(jù)此聲稱，將就該員工所指控的情況展開調(diào)查。加方此次散布有關(guān)言論完全是一出嘩眾取寵的政治鬧劇。

Canada officially joined the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in 2018 despite Washington’s objections, because it saw opportunities in its own interests.

加拿大不顧美國的反對，于2018年正式加入亞洲基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施投資銀行，因為它看到了符合自身利益的機會。

“Canada’s membership will create commercial opportunities for Canadian companies and create jobs for the middle class,” said then Canadian finance minister Bill Morneau. “Canada is always looking for ways to create hope and opportunity for people around the world, and membership in the AIIB is an opportunity to do just that.”

“加拿大加入亞投行將為本國公司創(chuàng)造商業(yè)機會，并為中產(chǎn)階級創(chuàng)造就業(yè)機會，”時任加拿大財政部長比爾·莫諾說?！凹幽么笠恢痹趯ふ覟槭澜绺鞯厝嗣駝?chuàng)造希望和機會的方法，而加入亞投行正可以實現(xiàn)這一目標?！?/p>

Anti-Beijing sentiment seems to have taken on a life of its own in the West. To such an extent that a Canadian citizen resigned as the global communications director of the AIIB this week alleging it is “dominated by the Communist Party of China”.

在西方，反華情緒似乎有了自己的生命力。本周，一名加籍亞投行員工宣稱“亞投行被中國控制”，并以此為由辭去了亞投行全球通信主管的職務(wù)。

That is clearly a loaded statement.

這顯然是言過其實的說辭。

It is true China is the largest shareholder with 26.6 percent of the voting rights. But the bank’s board of directors, which is responsible for the direction of the bank’s general operations, including approving the bank’s strategy and establishing policies, comprises representatives from 11 other countries as well as the representative from China.

中國確實是亞投行最大的股東，擁有26.6%的投票權(quán)。但負責(zé)指導(dǎo)該行一般業(yè)務(wù)（包括批準該行戰(zhàn)略和制定政策）的董事會中，除了中國的代表外，還包括來自其他11個成員國的代表。

In a Wednesday statement on the matter, Canadian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, who is also the Canadian representative in the bank’s board of governors, said Canada would “immediately” halt all official activity at the AIIB as her ministry carries out an “immediate” review of the allegation and of Canada’s involvement with the AIIB.

加拿大副總理兼財政部長克里斯蒂婭·弗里蘭也是加拿大在亞投行理事會的代表，她在周三的一份聲明中表示，加拿大將暫時凍結(jié)與亞投行的關(guān)系?，財政部立刻開始對相關(guān)指控以及加拿大參與亞投行的情況進行調(diào)查。

Inadvertently or not, she highlighted the politicized motivation for the resignee’s claim.

無論是否有意，她都在聲明中強調(diào)了辭職者所發(fā)聲明的政治化動機。

“The Government of Canada will also discuss this matter with our allies and partners who are members of the Bank,” she said. Her remark that “...I am not ruling out any outcome following its completion” has sparked speculation about a possible Canadian withdrawal from the AIIB and a possible domino effect among the other allies of the United States.

“加拿大政府還將與我們的盟友和合作伙伴討論這個問題，他們都是亞投行的成員?！彼硎荆安慌懦{(diào)查產(chǎn)生任何結(jié)果的可能性”。這引發(fā)了人們對加拿大可能退出亞投行以及此事或?qū)⒃诿绹渌擞阎挟a(chǎn)生多米諾骨牌效應(yīng)的猜測。

If that happens, it will be a heavy blow not only to the multilateral banking institution, which is dedicated to Asian economic progress, but to the already frosty relationship between Beijing and Ottawa.

如果發(fā)生這種情況，不僅將對這家致力于亞洲經(jīng)濟發(fā)展的多邊銀行機構(gòu)造成沉重打擊，也將對中國和加拿大之間本已冷淡的關(guān)系造成沉重打擊。

As the AIIB pointed out in a statement, the bank is a diverse international team representing 65 different nationalities serving 106 members worldwide. The globalized personnel structure alone makes it impossible for the CPC to control the bank.

正如亞投行在一份聲明中所稱，亞投行擁有一支多元化國際團隊，成員來自65個國家和經(jīng)濟體，為全球的106個成員提供服務(wù)。全球化的人員結(jié)構(gòu)也使得加拿大籍亞投行員工的論斷無法成立。

But although the allegation is “baseless”, as the bank said in its statement, this is unlikely to prevent the attack on the bank’s integrity from intensifying amid the recent Western frenzy about “dependency on China” and concerns about its influence among developing countries.

盡管亞投行在聲明中說這一指控“毫無根據(jù)”，但最近西方對“過度依賴中國”論調(diào)十分狂熱，并對中國在發(fā)展中國家影響力的感到擔(dān)憂，鑒于此，西方對亞投行可信度的攻擊不會就此收斂，而是會愈演愈烈。

來源：中國日報

編輯：yaning