Britain’s Support for China’s AIIB Means Japan, Parroting the U.S., Is Trapped

Britain has broken ranks with the United States to join China in the founding of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). As other nations like Australia and South Korea choose to similarly defy U.S. opposition to the AIIB, and join, it could shake Japan’s confidence in its own position and even in the reliability of its alliance with the U.S.



Stephen Harner, Former US State Department Official via CHINA US Focus http://ift.tt/1FtphYy