suspending its Strategic Economic Dialogue with Australia is symbolic, but still a big deal
- Written by James Laurenceson, Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney
After Australia’s foreign minister Marise Payne cancelled the Victorian state government’s memorandum of understanding to participate in China’s “Belt and Road” global infrastructure initiative a fortnight ago, she said she didn’t expect retaliation from Beijing.
That was always a...