Follow RT on The Chinese Foreign Ministry has slammed Australia’s decision to tear up the Belt and Road agreement signed between China and the state of Victoria, labelling Canberra’s move a “historic reversal” in bilateral relations.
Speaking on Thursday, Wang Wenbin, a Foreign Ministry spokesman, told gathered press that Beijing intends to
“resolutely and forcefully fight back” against Canberra’s move to cancel China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Victoria, calling on Australia to immediately reverse its decision.
“China has lodged solemn representations with Australia and reserves the right to further respond,” he stated, adding that relations between the two countries are already facing difficulties and will continue to suffer because of this move.
April 22, 2021
A Qantas Airways Boeing 737-800 plane passes a Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 at Sydney Airport, March 17, 2014.
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SYDNEY - On Monday morning (April 19), Ms Christina Cassin arrived in Melbourne from Wellington after taking advantage of a newly opened quarantine-free travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand.
Her rush to make it to Australia was understandable. Due to Covid-19 travel restrictions, she had been unable to visit her daughter or see her baby grandson, who was born five months ago. I was thinking it wasn t going to happen until we had the vaccine, she told The Age. But when they opened that bubble up, I just knew I had to come on the first flight.