Having Received Green Light From US, Ma Ying-jeou Joined AIIB

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Lawrence Chung, Taiwan Delayed Bank Bid as It Feared Upsetting US. South China Morning Post, Apr 10, 2015.
www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/ ... -because-it-worried

Note:
(a) There is no Chinese translation in the newspaper's Chinese-language website.
(b) "Taiwan's deputy foreign minister Vanessa Shih 史亞平 said at a briefing last week that the US had expressed concerns over Taiwan's possible membership. 'But there were no more concerns after we told them our needs,' she said."
(c) "Finance Minister Chang Sheng-ford 張盛和 said that after assurances from the US that it would not object, his ministry immediately drafted the memorandum of understanding and after approval by the cabinet the document was sent to the bank"