台湾拒绝加入亚投行称其要求有损尊严

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VOA Chinese, Apr 12, 2016.
www.voachinese.com/content/voa-n ... 160412/3281042.html
(台湾财政部长张盛和)

Note:
(a) "《南华早报》报道称，台湾去年一直希望以 '中华台北' 的名称成为亚投行创始国会员，但是遭到了大陆方面的拒绝。大陆官员表示，仍然欢迎台湾以合适的名义加入。"
(i) Taiwan Says It Will Not Join Beijing-Led AIIB After Rejecting Condition That 'Violates Dignity.' South China Morning Post, Apr 12, 2016.
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/p ... jing-led-aiib-after
(Taiwan's finance minister Chang Sheng-ford)

Quote:

"Taiwan had long-hoped to join the AIIB as one of the founding members last year under the title of 'Chinese-Taipei,' but its bid to apply for founding membership was rejected.  Mainland officials later said Taiwan was still welcome to join as long as it applied under an appropriate title.

"Taiwanese media said it was not immediately known if the requirement had anything to do with Beijing stepping up pressure on Tsai, who has vowed to maintain the cross-strait status quo, but also refused to accept the “one China” principle set by Beijing as the basis for future cross-strait talks and exchanges.

* There is no need to read the rest of the SCMP report, which does not say anything new.

(ii) There is no similar report in Nanzao, the Chinese-laaguage sister publication of SCMP.

(b) "有台湾媒体指出，对名称的要求有可能与北京方面加强对台湾新总统蔡英文的压力有关。蔡英文曾表示不会改变海峡两岸现状，但同时也拒绝接受北京视作两岸交流和谈基础的 '一个中国' 原则。"

I have not read Taiwan's news media. From the context, one may say that this observation of VOA's is from SCMP. However, SCMP says "not immediately known." See the quotation in (a)(i).