宣称要“调查”亚投行 加拿大政府政治动机昭然若揭

Politically motivated claim to discredit AIIB

6月14日，加拿大籍亚投行员工毕加博在其推特账号上宣布辞去亚投行全球通信主管一职。此后，加官方还据此声称，将就该员工所指控的情况展开调查。加方此次散布有关言论完全是一出哗众取宠的政治闹剧。

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

加拿大不顾美国的反对，于2018年正式加入亚洲基础设施投资银行，因为它看到了符合自身利益的机会。

“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.”

“加拿大加入亚投行将为本国公司创造商业机会，并为中产阶级创造就业机会，”时任加拿大财政部长比尔·莫诺说。“加拿大一直在寻找为世界各地人民创造希望和机会的方法，而加入亚投行正可以实现这一目标。”

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，反华情绪似乎有了自己的生命力。本周，一名加籍亚投行员工宣称“亚投行被中国控制”，并以此为由辞去了亚投行全球通信主管的职务。

That is clearly a loaded statement.

这显然是言过其实的说辞。

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.

中国确实是亚投行最大的股东，拥有26.6%的投票权。但负责指导该行一般业务（包括批准该行战略和制定政策）的董事会中，除了中国的代表外，还包括来自其他11个成员国的代表。

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.

加拿大副总理兼财政部长克里斯蒂娅·弗里兰也是加拿大在亚投行理事会的代表，她在周三的一份声明中表示，加拿大将暂时冻结与亚投行的关系​，财政部立刻开始对相关指控以及加拿大参与亚投行的情况进行调查。

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

无论是否有意，她都在声明中强调了辞职者所发声明的政治化动机。

“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.

“加拿大政府还将与我们的盟友和合作伙伴讨论这个问题，他们都是亚投行的成员。”她表示，“不排除调查产生任何结果的可能性”。这引发了人们对加拿大可能退出亚投行以及此事或将在美国其他盟友中产生多米诺骨牌效应的猜测。

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.

如果发生这种情况，不仅将对这家致力于亚洲经济发展的多边银行机构造成沉重打击，也将对中国和加拿大之间本已冷淡的关系造成沉重打击。

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.

正如亚投行在一份声明中所称，亚投行拥有一支多元化国际团队，成员来自65个国家和经济体，为全球的106个成员提供服务。全球化的人员结构也使得加拿大籍亚投行员工的论断无法成立。

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.

尽管亚投行在声明中说这一指控“毫无根据”，但最近西方对“过度依赖中国”论调十分狂热，并对中国在发展中国家影响力的感到担忧，鉴于此，西方对亚投行可信度的攻击不会就此收敛，而是会愈演愈烈。

来源：中国日报