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Anthony Albanese and Chinese President Xi Jinping exchanged warm words and promised to strength the relationship after talks to Beijing.
Australia’s relationship with China is “complex” and “has challenges,” Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles acknowledged, arguing that trust with his country’s No.1 trading partner can only be built through continued engagement.
Australia camera crews were pushed out of the room by Chinese security guards prior to the conclusion of remarks between Anthony Albanese and Chinese President Xi Jinping, just an hour or so after an Australian media bus was intercepted by Chinese security.
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday highlighted a turnaround in China-Australia ties in recent years during a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Beijing.
The prime minister of Australia, a longtime US security partner in Asia, sought to focus his trip to China this week on business and trade opportunities, sidestepping thornier issues around US-China competition such as Taiwan or Beijing’s military expansion.