China’s Belt and Road Not in ‘National Interest’: Australian Senator

China’s Belt and Road Not in ‘National Interest’: Australian Senator
Workers take down a Belt and Road Forum panel outside the venue of the forum in Beijing on April 27, 2019. Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images
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Victorian Liberal Senator Sarah Henderson has called on Victorian Labor Premier Daniel Andrews to pull out of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

Henderson said the BRI was not in Australia’s national interest, considering the fallout from the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic, commonly known as novel coronavirus.