BERKELEY – There has never been a question about the ultimate purpose of the Chiang Mai Initiative (CMI), the system of Asian financial supports created in 2000 in that Thai city. That purpose, of course, is to create an Asian Monetary Fund, i.e., a regional alternative to the International Monetary Fund, whose tender ministrations during the 1997-98 financial crisis have not been forgotten or forgiven.
伯克利——清迈倡议（CMI）是2000年在泰国城市清迈建立的亚洲金融互助机制，它的终极目标从来就不是一个问题。那个目标当然就是建立一个亚洲货币基金，在该地区取代国际货币基金组织（IMF）的作用——1997~1998年金融危机期间IMF应对不力，令该地区的许多国家至今难以释怀。