CCP Leader Says Australia-China Ties Have ‘Turned Around’

Ten years to the day after CCP Leader Xi Jinping visited Australia signing a comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries, he met with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the sidelines of the G20 in Brazil. Xi said he believed the bilateral relationship had “turned around” over that period. The two met overnight at Xi’s hotel in Rio de Janeiro, their third formal encounter since Albanese took office. The meeting also came a year after Albanese travelled to Beijing to end a lengthy dispute that had blocked billions of dollars worth of Australian exports to its largest trading partner....