Beijing May Not Allow Taiwan to Join AIIB to Avoid ‘Two Chinas’ Situation

China may not allow Taiwan to join the Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the country's foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in a briefing Tuesday.
As for Taiwan joining [the AIIB], we maintain that we should avoid the 'two Chinas' and 'one China, one Taiwan' situation," Chunying said, as quoted by Business Times.
According to the media outlet, Beijing frequently affirms the importance of its "one China" policy and cuts short Taiwanese involvement in international deals, as it considers the island to be a territory-in-waiting for reunification.
Earlier in the day, Taiwanese presidential spokesman Charles I-hsin Chen expressed Taipei's desire to join the bank.

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