China Suspends Economic Dialogue with Australia
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07 May 2021, 19:05 GMT+10
SYDNEY - China says it is suspending further meetings in an economic dialogue with Australia in the latest sign of worsening relations.
Experts called the move largely symbolic because the last meeting of the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue framework took place four years ago.
Australian business leaders, though, say they believe Thursday s suspension is a new low in the bilateral relationship.
Chinese state media said Australia disrupted economic cooperation through such actions as banning Chinese tech giant Huawei from its 5G telecommunications network. China also accused Canberra of a Cold War mindset and ideological discrimination.
James Laurenceson, director of the Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney, described the strained relations between Canberra and Beijing as complicated. I see no prospects on the horizon for this relationship to get back on track, he told CNBC on Friday, adding both sides are blaming each other for the breakdown in dialogue.
The National Development and Reform Commission, China s economic planning agency, announced Thursday that it will indefinitely suspend all activities under the framework of the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue.
The move comes after some officials in Australia launched unspecified measures out of a Cold War mindset to disrupt cooperation with China, the NDRC statement said.
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How donkeys digging wells help life thrive in the desert
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They found that wells dug by the equids to depths of up to six feet increased water availability for many native desert species
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This undated image courtesy of Biologist Erick Lundgren shows a mule deer doe and fawn using a donkey well. | Photo Credit:
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They found that wells dug by the equids to depths of up to six feet increased water availability for many native desert species For thousands of years, horses and donkeys have been some of our species most important partners.