As the prime minister is criticised over the extent of his China sightseeing activities, the government insists it is playing the long game and that face time matters.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and fiancee Jodie Haydon visiting the Great Wall of China on Wednesday. Dominic Lorrimer
As Anthony Albanese peered into the leafy panda enclosures in China’s sweltering city of Chengdu, criticism of the prime minister’s unusually long six-day trip was building back home.
Unlike previous visits that produced splashy joint communiques or major trade breakthroughs, this one yielded no single trophy announcement to parade in Canberra.
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