例如，正如前印度外交部长沙希·塔鲁尔（Shashi Tharoor）所指出的那样，中国或许会利用亚洲基础设施投资银行来协助投资建立一条新的丝绸之路，构建一条连接东亚和欧洲的跨大陆及海运交通线。
For example, as former Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor has suggested, China may use the AIIB to help finance a new Silk Road, an overland and maritime route connecting East Asia with Europe.