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金融時報： 英國的申請讓北京也吃了一驚zt 原文：UK move to join China-led bank a surprise even to Beijing 講了一些歐洲國家申請前後的內幕。 摘錄幾段有點意思的： The UK Treasury had told Chinese officials it would not announce its application to join until March 17. But once other European countries got wind of Britain’s plan to join the nascent Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the ensuing scramble to follow suit convinced London to move the announcement forward five days. In the end, Luxembourg beat Britain by one day, signing up on March 11 but asking China to keep it secret for two weeks in case its application to join the bank was unsuccessful. 大意是，英國本來跟中國說好，要到3月17號才正式宣布申請加入。不過，後來這消息讓其它歐洲國家打聽到了，大家都緊鑼密鼓地準備，英國於是決定先發制人，提前五天宣布。（所以就有標題中的“讓北京也吃了一驚”）即使這樣，盧森堡還是搶在英國之前，提前一天（即3月11號）申請，不過盧森堡要求中國替它保密兩周，以防萬一申請被拒呢。（沒想到盧森堡還這麼要面子啊。） 還有一段講的也是英盧恩怨： As Mr Osborne prepared to unveil the decision, Chinese officials informed the UK Treasury that an unidentified “small European country” would be joining before them, a move that apparently prompted Mr Osborne to bring his announcement forward. “The Chinese told us that this game between Luxembourg and the UK amused them no end,” said one person involved in negotiations to join the AIIB. “Other countries like France and Germany were not amused at all.” 大意是，當英國準備公布申請時，中國官員告訴英國人，有一個“歐洲小國”打算在英國之前提交申請。這個消息促使英國提前行動。當時參與談判的一個人說：“中國人跟我們說，英國和盧森堡之間的這個遊戲把他們逗壞了。不過法德這些國家可一點不覺得逗。” 還有一段說中國的談判代表Jin Liqun“見人說人話，見鬼說鬼話”： An urbane and sophisticated former viceminister of finance and onetime official at the Asian Development Bank, Mr Jin speaks perfect English and passable French and is the consummate “barbarian handler”, in the words of several people who have dealt with him. According to these people, Mr Jin is an Anglophile who likes to quote Shakespeare to the English, tell the French how enamoured he is of their culture and charm the Germans by telling them they are his favourites because of their honesty. 這段我就偷個懶，不翻了，反正即使上面那個意思。 金立群是頭腦清醒、非常幹練的TG高官。 十幾年前他在財政部副部長任上，為首次發行10億美元主權債券路演和後來參加20國集團財長和央行行長會議外訪時，我曾兩次陪同接待。近距離接觸，他給人的印象是思維敏捷、語速很快，待人接物周到細緻。當時我的頂頭上司恰好也是北外研究生畢業，比金晚幾屆，所以兩人聊起來格外親切。 金立群北外本科畢業後，直接到江蘇常熟某公社插隊落戶，一去就是10年。先種地，後進鄉鎮企業，還當過中學教師，勞作之餘閱讀學習從不間斷，1978年恢復招研製度後，考上北外文革後第一屆研究生，受教於王佐良和許國璋門下。所以“見人說人話，見鬼說鬼話”也是有實力做後盾的F 1980年研究生畢業時本已留校，但許國璋應財政部之請，極力推薦他到世界銀行中國執行董事辦公室工作。從此踏上國際財金生涯，先後代表中國在世行和亞行出任高官。金立群酷愛讀書，多年堅持記下中、英、法三種讀書筆記，一絲不苟，連出訪時都無例外。他自言在國際機構迅速折服下屬的辦法：對中層領導表示充分信任，抓大放小，不過多干預細枝末節，但從不放過關鍵問題。所有文件細細讀，表格逐行看，錯漏一一挑出，然後和顏悅色請呈報人拿回去修改。如此一來，手下人自然敬而不懼，心悅誠服，不敢稍有懈怠。這位既有水平、又接地氣的官員，或許會成為亞投行的首任掌門人。
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