China suspends economic dialogue with Australia


China's state economic planner said that it decided to "indefinitely suspend" all activities under the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue. - AFP

BEIJING/SYDNEY (The Straits Times/ANN): China halted a high-level economic dialogue with Australia on Thursday (May 6) amid already strained ties, in a symbolic move to show its displeasure with Canberra for scrapping two Belt and Road deals.

Australia this week also signalled that it will review a controversial lease of Darwin’s port to a Chinese-owned company.

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