Belt and Road
China’s cash promises in South-East Asia are coming up short, report says
President Xi Jinping launched the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013, immediately winning over many foreign governments with promises of unprecedented investment.
- Zach Hope
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- China relations
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews planning imminent China trade trip
The premier’s office is working closely with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on the visit, but the trade mission is still expected to cause some concern.
- Broede Carmody, Anthony Galloway and Stephen Brook
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- China
Victoria continued to use Uighur-linked firm to avoid delays on $2.4b rail project
Transport department advised government to continue with purchase of train parts from Chinese supplier because it would cost too much to find different contractor.
- Paul Sakkal and Sumeyya Ilanbey
- Opinion
- China relations
Have we seen the last head of Australian foreign affairs who speaks Mandarin?
Australia’s national interests are better served by having more Chinese-speakers yet exchange programs and courses are hanging in the balance.
- Ciara Morris
Andrews government maintains secrecy on deal it signed with China
The Victorian government refused to provide the memorandum of understanding to The Age on the basis that the agreement included information disclosed by the Chinese government to Victoria “with an expectation of confidentiality”.
- Paul Sakkal and Sumeyya Ilanbey
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- Daniel Andrews
The call never came: Victoria’s China deal was done through Premier Daniel Andrews’ office
Had Daniel Andrews consulted more widely as he pursued a Belt and Road agreement with the Chinese government, he might have been told the politics on China was rapidly changing.
- Anthony Galloway
Hopes tension with Beijing won’t hit Chinese student numbers
Victoria’s $13 billion international education trade looks well set to withstand Australia’s deteriorating relationship with China.
- Adam Carey, Noel Towell, Benjamin Preiss and Emma Koehn
- Opinion
- China relations
Why our economy can afford to stand up to China with Belt and Road veto
The cancelling of Victoria’s deal with China is not costless - and we do not know yet how Beijing might retaliate - but the economic damage to Australia from sanctions it has already imposed have been far less than many feared.
- Roland Rajah
‘Debt trap’: Bipartisan support for tearing up Victoria’s Belt and Road agreement
National security experts and federal Labor have welcomed the Morrison government’s decision to tear up Victoria’s Belt and Road deal with China, but warn of the possible fallout.
- Anthony Galloway, Paul Sakkal and Hanna Mills Turbet
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- Victoria
Transport Department to face VCAT over refusal to release advice on Uighurs
The opposition is seeking access to advice provided to the Transport Infrastructure Minister that rejected claims a Chinese company building Melbourne’s new train fleet benefited from Uighur labour.
- Sumeyya Ilanbey
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