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By KARL WILSON in Sydney and ZHOU JIN in Beijing | China Daily | Updated: 2021-04-23 07:20 Share CLOSE The Chinese and Australian national flags on a celebration event in Sydney, Australia, on Sept 8, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua] Scrapping of deals invites harm, says Beijing, as it vows a firm response China on Thursday urged Australia to rectify its wrong decision to cancel two cooperation deals between the state of Victoria and China under the Belt and Road Initiative, and has vowed to make a firm response to the move. China is dissatisfied...

2021-04-23 14:05:45 GMT2021-04-23 22:05:45(Beijing Time) Xinhua English SYDNEY, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Australian federal government's decision of tearing up Victoria State's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) agreements with China will bring negative impacts on the relations and cooperation between the two countries, according to influential social and official opinions in Australia. "It's very hard to see any positive outlook for Australia-China relations, you know, given these latest developments," Professor James Laurenceson from the Australia-China Relations Institute of the University ...

Australia Will Not Surrender to Beijing: Defence Minister Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton has declared that the country will not surrender its sovereignty to appease Beijing following outrage over the cancellation of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) agreement with Victoria. The comments come after the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson threatened retaliation if Australia did not wind back its decision. “We’re not going to have our values compromised. We aren’t going to surrender our sovereignty,” Dutton told Nine News on Friday. “We are standing up for who we are. We�...

SYDNEY: Australia said on Wednesday it would revoke a state government’s deal to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative because it was inconsistent with the nation’s foreign policy — prompting an angry response from Beijing. Canberra last year introduced new laws widely seen as targeting China that allow it to scrap any agreements between state authorities and foreign countries deemed to threaten the national interest. Foreign Minister Marise Payne said the federal government would override the Victorian state government’s decision to sign up to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) —...

Published on: Thursday, April 22, 2021 By: AFP Text Size: Australian foreign minister Marise Payne said the federal government would override Victoria state's decision to sign up to China's Belt and Road Initiative Brendan Smialowski POOL/AFP SYDNEY: Australia on Wednesday announced it would revoke a state government’s deal to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative, saying it was inconsistent with the nation’s foreign policy. Canberra last year introduced new laws widely seen as targeting China that allow it to scrap any agreements between state authorities and foreign countries deemed t...