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BRUSSELS Cheap Jaromir Jagr Hat , Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- China does not control or dominate the decision-making of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the bank's president Jin Liqun reiterated here on Monday.


As a Beijing-headquartered multilateral development bank with a mission to improve social and economic outcomes in Asia and beyond, AIIB now counts 84 members -- rising from 57 at its commencement two years ago.


AIIB has been applying high standards of governance based on international best practices to build the institution, Jin said in a speech to an event jointly hosted by think tanks the Bruegel and the Egmont Institute, noting that only 18 months into operation the bank received top ratings from all three international credit rating agencies.


The rating agencies once asked ""how does China control this bank, how does China dominate the decision-making of this bank"" Cheap Evgenii Dadonov Hat , Jin said.


""The answer is a straightforward no."" Jin said, recalling the conversation at the time. ""We don't feel it at all in the management team.""


Asian countries account for 75 percent of AIIB's shares and non-Asian countries altogether account for 25 percent, which translate to voting power, but three out of the bank's five vice presidents are European.


""Belgium would be a full member very soon. I'm looking forward to Belgium's full membership in a couple of weeks or months,"" Jin said to the European audience. ""I want Europeans to join this bank.""


""In our executive committee meeting, we discuss thoroughly every issue before we reach consensus on making any decision. No decision has ever been made without thorough debate in the executive committee...It never ever has happened Cheap Vincent Trocheck Hat ,"" he said.


INDIA IS MAIN BORROWER


While Jin did not in his speech address the AIIB's specific projects and borrowers, an analysis of the bank data shows that India has so far become AIIB's main borrower.


The bank's website lists 24 approved projects in 12 countries, with loans exceeding 4.2 billion U.S. dollars. Among them, there are five Indian projects totaling 1.074 billion, or more than a quarter of the lending.


That is in stark contrast with earlier fears -- largely from the West -- that China would channel money through AIIB to its ""friends"" over its ""rivals"", experts noted.


Available evidence shows that AIIB focuses on capacity of its projects to yield future returns Cheap Aleksander Barkov Hat , reflecting a sensible market-oriented objective approach as a development finance institution, Amitendu Palit, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore, wrote in an email to Xinhua.


There is little possibility of China ""favouring"" any of its ""friends"" through the AIIB given its multilateral character and the fact that the quality of projects is the main criteria for funding, Palit added.


""I had got very clear message from the Chinese authority: this (AIIB) is going to be an international bank; (it) is not a Chinese bank and I would do it independently,"" Jin said at the end of his speech.



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As his victims wept in a Michigan courtroom on Wednesday Cheap Jared McCann Hoodie , disgraced long-time USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for abusing young female gymnasts who were entrusted to his care.


""I've signed your death warrant,"" Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina told Nassar, following days of accounts from about 160 of his victims.


Spectators and victims cried, applauded and embraced as Nassar, 54, wearing a dark blue jailhouse jumpsuit Cheap Jamie McGinn Hoodie , was led out of the courtroom. Rachael Denhollander, the first woman to publicly accuse him in 2016, shared a hug with Angela Povilaitis, the lead prosecutor.

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Nassar, who served as the program's physician through four Olympic Games Cheap Radim Vrbata Hoodie , apologized to his victims during the hearing, telling them, ""I will carry your words with me for the rest of my days.""


Aquilina dismissed his statement as insincere and courtroom spectators gasped as the judge read aloud from a letter he wrote to her claiming he was a good doctor who was manipulated into pleading guilty.


Nassar, who already is serving a 60-year sentence in federal prison for child pornography convictions, also said his accusers fabricated claims to gain money and fame, writing Cheap James Reimer Hoodie , ""Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.""


""Would you like to withdraw your plea?"" Aquilina asked Nassar after tossing aside his letter.


""No, your honor,"" Nassar said.


""Because you are guilty, aren't you? Are you guilty, sir?"" the judge demanded.


After a long pause, Nassar said quietly Cheap Nick Bjugstad Hoodie , ""I have said my plea, exactly.""


CHANGING VIEW


The prosecution and Aquilina emphasized the broader significance of the sentencing, coming amid a national debate over sexual misconduct prompted by accusations against powerful men from Hollywood to Washington.


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(Source: CGTN)

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