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Japan, China in race to finance building of Asia's infrastructure

Abe's new funding bid competes directly with what China's Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank will do

Published Mon, May 25, 2015 · 09:50 PM

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    Tokyo

    SOMETHING approaching "infrastructure wars" have broken out between Japan and China.

    This arises from the intense competition between the two countries to provide for Asia's infrastructure financing needs: Japan is the leading shareholder in the Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) and China is leading the new Beijing-based Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).

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