MANILA: China has every right to apply for membership of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) but the ... question of China’s entry was a complicated issue requiring careful tho­­ug­­ht, ADB President Shiro Inoue of Japan said here today [April 26]. Speaking to journalists at the close of the … annual Board of Gove­r­nors’ meeting … Mr Inoue noted that Pakis­tan, India and Sri Lanka had all called for China to join the ADB. … Only Pakistan cal­led for expulsion of Taiwan from the ADB. … Bangladesh was elected to the chairmanship of the bank for 1975/76.

[Meanwhile, as reported by news agencies from Cesme, Turkey,] the rich and influential of the Western world gathered in secret here yesterday [April 25] with armed police on guard to ensure the privacy of their three-day discussions on major world problems. The 107 delegates from 16 countries are at the Aegean resort for the annual meeting of the self-styled Bilderberg Conference... . … The delegates, who are not allowed to take their wives, include British Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey, French banker Baron Edmond de Rothschild and NATO Secretary-General Joseph Luns.

Published in Dawn, April 27th, 2025