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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

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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.

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