Anthony Albanese arrives at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People ahead of meeting with Xi Jinping

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has arrived at Beijing's Great Hall of the People ahead of a landmark meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Mr Albanese is the first Australian leader to visit mainland China in seven years following years of ongoing tensions, which resulted in Beijing slapping bans and tariffs on a range of Australian imports. The prime minister will first meet with the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Zhao Leji. He will then be joined by Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Australia's Ambassador to China, Graham Fletcher, for a meeting with Mr Xi, which...