Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • NPR

    Tracking the impact of U.S.-China tensions on global financial institutions

    NPR's Steve Inskeep asks the president of a China-led development bank about the impact of the friction between the U.S. and China.
    by H.J. Mai May 01, 2023 2 minutes
    Jin Liqun, AIIB's president, addresses journalists at a Beijing press conference in 2016.

    How have the rising geopolitical tensions between the United States and China impacted the Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)? Its president, Jin Liqun, says they are having no impact.

    "Regardless of the bilateral issues, which seems to be troubling [between] these two big countries, AIIB has maintained very good, close cooperation with American governmental institutions, financial institutions and respective businesses," Jin tells NPR's Steve Inskeep on .

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from NPR

    NPR4 min read
    A Poet Searches For Answers About The Short Life Of A Writer In 'Traces Of Enayat'
    Poet Iman Mersal's book is a memoir of her search for knowledge about the writer Enayat al-Zayyat; it's a slow, idiosyncratic journey through a layered, changing Cairo — and through her own mind.
    NPR2 min readFinance & Money Management
    Fed Keeps Interest Rates At 23-year High
    The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday, as inflation remained stubbornly above the Fed's 2% target. Investors now think it could be September or later before rates start to fall.
    NPR2 min readLGBTQIA+ Studies
    United Methodist Church Lifts Bans On LGBTQ Clergy And Same-sex Weddings
    Meeting at their worldwide General Conference in Charlotte, N.C., United Methodist delegates voted overwhelmingly to allow LGBTQ clergy and for Methodist ministers to officiate at same-sex weddings.

    Related Books & Audiobooks