China Premier Visit to Cement Stabilisation of Ties

Published on June 15, 2024

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will get a chance to add more warmth to a thawing relationship with China when Premier Li Qiang arrives for a four-day visit. Mr. Li, who is second only to Chinese leader Xi Jinping in the Beijing pecking order, will arrive in Adelaide on June 15 and is undertaking the first trip to Australia by a Chinese premier in seven years. He is expected to engage in panda diplomacy by extending the loan of Wang Wang and Fu Ni, described by the city’s zoo as Australia’s “only breeding pair” of the globally-loved animal. The pandas have not procreated, leading to concerns about their fate....

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