Australia’s Anthony Albanese hails ‘promising signs’ of better relations with China

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Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who is in Beijing for landmark talks with President Xi Jinping, Monday hailed “promising signs” of better relations with China. After years of bitterness between the two trading partners, Albanese predicted a “constructive discussion” with Xi and lauded improved trade ties. Albanese is the first Australian prime minister to visit China in seven years and his trip indicates towards normalisation of ties between both the countries. “I think there are promising signs. We have already seen a number of the impediments to trade between two nations removed,” Albanese said. Since 2020, Beijing ties with Australia...