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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Jodie Haydon at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding on Thursday.

Opposition accuses PM of ‘indulgent’ trip as Albanese tours panda facility

While the prime minister was content to watch the “very chill” animals in Chengdu, Coalition MPs were fired up over whether parts of Albanese’s trip were “strictly necessary”.

  • Paul Sakkal

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The prime minister could not escape the incendiary matter of Taiwan on his tour of China, even while it’s unclear where Donald Trump stands.

  • Richard McGregor

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  • Shaun Carney
Anthony Albanese and Li Qiang inspect troops in Beijing before a formal meeting.

Albanese says Taiwan ‘status quo’ remains after questions on Chinese media report

The prime minister has played down a claim that he stated his opposition to Taiwan’s independence in a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

  • Paul Sakkal
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and fiancee Jodie Haydon visit the Great Wall of China on Wednesday.

Whitlam, Nixon, Albanese: PM uses Great Wall to place himself in history

In case the symbolism wasn’t obvious on a muggy Wednesday morning just outside Beijing, the prime minister spelled it out.

  • Paul Sakkal
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Albanese, Xi declare trade will go on despite global chaos of Trump’s tariffs

Australia will keep its vital trading relationship with China separate from its ties to the US, Anthony Albanese has declared, after he held a private meeting with President Xi Jinping on Tuesday.

  • Paul Sakkal
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Anthony Albanese meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday.

China and Xi give Albanese a warm welcome, but another side is never far away

The meeting between the two leaders was jovial as both smiled for the cameras. But several photographers were kept away, and other journalists had had a security incident earlier in the day.

  • Paul Sakkal
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Australia’s great leap forward: China opportunity makes Trump tariffs look like ‘a pimple on the bum of the iron ore trade’

Australia’s potential to export green metals – made here using abundant, cheap renewable energy – could deliver immeasurable economic benefits and accelerate the global race to net zero. It’s now a step closer.

  • Peter Hartcher
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks in Shanghai.

‘Patient, deliberate, calibrated’: Albanese walks trade-security tightrope in China

The PM will use a meeting with China’s Premier Li Qiang to spruik the benefits of Australia’s stabilised relationship after vowing not to back down on security issues.

  • Paul Sakkal
Fortescue founder Andrew Forrest and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Why Twiggy’s happy to cut the oranges for Team Australia

Andrew Forrest, the mining tycoon turned climate saviour, was in trademark form as he – wearing a Ukraine flag pin on his jacket – praised the PM, issued AI warnings and trumpeted green steel.

  • Paul Sakkal

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