The Chinese regime has “indefinitely” suspended all future activities under the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue, following last month’s termination of the Belt and Road Initiative agreement by Foreign Minister Marise Payne. The move has been deemed largely symbolic as Australian ministers have been unable to contact their Chinese counterparts for over a year now. On Thursday, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) issued the statement claiming that “Recently, some Australian Commonwealth government officials launched a series of measures to disrupt the normal exchanges and cooperation between China and Australia out of a Cold War mindset and ideological discrimination.” “Based on the current attitude of the Australian Commonwealth government toward China-Australia cooperation, the NDRC of the People’s Republic of China has decided to indefinitely suspend all activities under the framework of the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue.” The Dialogue was established in 2013 by former Gillard government Foreign Minister Bob Carr …