Britain can say no
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British prime minister Theresa May, in Beijing for a visit, has refused to sign an MOU endorsing the Belt and Road (FT):
“’There wasn’t a memorandum of understanding signed,’ Mrs May’s aides confirmed.”
This was despite considerable pressure from the Chinese:
“One person close to the negotiations...