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金融时报： 英国的申请让北京也吃了一惊zt 原文：UK move to join China-led bank a surprise even to Beijing 讲了一些欧洲国家申请前后的内幕。 摘录几段有点意思的： 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，英国本来跟中国说好，要到3月17号才正式宣布申请加入。不过，后来这消息让其它欧洲国家打听到了，大家都紧锣密鼓地准备，英国于是决定先发制人，提前五天宣布。（所以就有标题中的“让北京也吃了一惊”）即使这样，卢森堡还是抢在英国之前，提前一天（即3月11号）申请，不过卢森堡要求中国替它保密两周，以防万一申请被拒呢。（没想到卢森堡还这么要面子啊。） 还有一段讲的也是英卢恩怨： 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，当英国准备公布申请时，中国官员告诉英国人，有一个“欧洲小国”打算在英国之前提交申请。这个消息促使英国提前行动。当时参与谈判的一个人说：“中国人跟我们说，英国和卢森堡之间的这个游戏把他们逗坏了。不过法德这些国家可一点不觉得逗。” 还有一段说中国的谈判代表Jin Liqun“见人说人话，见鬼说鬼话”： 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. 这段我就偷个懒，不翻了，反正即使上面那个意思。 金立群是头脑清醒、非常干练的TG高官。 十几年前他在财政部副部长任上，为首次发行10亿美元主权债券路演和后来参加20国集团财长和央行行长会议外访时，我曾两次陪同接待。近距离接触，他给人的印象是思维敏捷、语速很快，待人接物周到细致。当时我的顶头上司恰好也是北外研究生毕业，比金晚几届，所以两人聊起来格外亲切。 金立群北外本科毕业后，直接到江苏常熟某公社插队落户，一去就是10年。先种地，后进乡镇企业，还当过中学教师，劳作之余阅读学习从不间断，1978年恢复招研制度后，考上北外文革后第一届研究生，受教于王佐良和许国璋门下。所以“见人说人话，见鬼说鬼话”也是有实力做后盾的F 1980年研究生毕业时本已留校，但许国璋应财政部之请，极力推荐他到世界银行中国执行董事办公室工作。从此踏上国际财金生涯，先后代表中国在世行和亚行出任高官。金立群酷爱读书，多年坚持记下中、英、法三种读书笔记，一丝不苟，连出访时都无例外。他自言在国际机构迅速折服下属的办法：对中层领导表示充分信任，抓大放小，不过多干预细枝末节，但从不放过关键问题。所有文件细细读，表格逐行看，错漏一一挑出，然后和颜悦色请呈报人拿回去修改。如此一来，手下人自然敬而不惧，心悦诚服，不敢稍有懈怠。这位既有水平、又接地气的官员，或许会成为亚投行的首任掌门人。
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