China has denounced Australia’s decision to cancel agreements between the Belt and Road Initiative and the Victoria state government, signalling a worsening of relations between the countries.
The Australian federal government scrapped the memorandum of understanding and framework agreement signed between Victoria and China’s National Development and Reform Commission, Beijing’s top economic planning body, foreign minister Marise Payne said in a statement on Wednesday. She said the deals were “inconsistent with Australia’s foreign policy or adverse to our foreign relations”...
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