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Beijing, China – Chinese leader Xi Jinping will welcome Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to Beijing on Monday, a high-water mark in their nations’ ties following years of tensions that cut billions of dollars in trade.
But China has reversed course since Albanese took power in May last year, lifting most of its restrictions on Australian goods and saying it wants “healthy and stable” ties. But the Australian prime minister has previously acknowledged the need to remain “clear-eyed” about the differences between the two countries, and has aired his view that they are not strategically aligned.
Albanese, for his part, has spoken up on behalf of nations’ right to self-determination, as well as human rights and maintaining peace — including in the Taiwan Strait, which separates China from the self-ruled island it regards as part of its own territory.Albanese has warned that China does not see itself as a power in favour of the “status quo”.
Last month, China released Australian journalist Cheng Lei after three years in detention on opaque espionage charges.
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