Australian PM Albanese to visit China this week

Beijing (AFP) July 8, 2025

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will begin a six-day visit to China on Saturday, as Canberra hailed a return to free-flowing trade after a tense tariff dispute came to an end last year. Beijing and Canberra have navigated turbulent ties in past years, butting heads on a range of issues spanning technology, trade and geopolitics, but they have turned a new leaf under Albanese.