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Journalists. it would not have targeted chinese president xi jinping's signature-economic project. but that's just what australia did, this week. vetoing a belt-and-road agreement signed by beijing and the australian state of victoria. >> we've been very clear to china and any other country, we are not going to have our values compromised. we aren't going to surrender our sovereignty. >> reporter: it was just a memorandum of understanding. there was no-tangible plan for victoria to participate in china's global project of ports, roads, and railways. but the government in canberra now says the ...