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China and Australia agree to new multi-entry visa as Albanese touts improved relationship after thaw

The two countries also announce they will resume annual leaders meetings after Anthony Albanese’s trip – the first by an Australian prime minister since 2016

The Guardian - AU

‘Handsome boy’ Albanese may have managed to turn China’s iron fist into a velvet glove

Normal diplomatic conventions have been restored between Australia and China after years of spiralling contention. China clearly wants to re-engage and reset with the world

The Guardian - AU

The Philadelphia Orchestra returns to China for tour marking 50 years since its historic 1973 visit

The Philadelphia Orchestra has returned to Beijing for a tour that will mark 50 years since its historic performance in China, the latest sign of improving ties between the two countries ahead of a highly anticipated meeting between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping

The Independent UK

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China and Australia look for ‘mutual benefit’ after years of animosity

Australian leader Anthony Albanese meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing with eye on improving relationship.

Al Jazeera

China ‘world’s biggest debt collector’ as poorer nations struggle with its loans

Country, estimated to be owed up to $1.5trn, is increasing penalties for late payments and cutting back on infrastructure projects

The Guardian - UK

Morning Mail: Albanese hails China visit, borrowers brace for rate hike, Trump on the stand

The prime minister says meeting Xi Jinping will ‘take forward’ relations with Beijing; RBA tipped to pile agony on financially stretched households

The Guardian - AU

It’s Time to Talk About No First Use

Long a nonstarter in Washington, it may now be the best source of common ground with Beijing.

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Albanese in China: five things we learned from his talks with Xi Jinping

PM raises case of detained activist Yang Hengjun, Ukraine and trade – but specific outcomes are much harder to determine

The Guardian - AU

Australian PM meets Xi Jinping during historic China trip signalling thaw in frosty diplomatic ties

Australian PM invites Xi Jinping to Australia after ‘satisfying’ bilateral talks in China

The Independent UK

Albanese and Wong evoke Whitlam in bid to defrost China relations

Labor duo shrug off Arctic weather in Beijing to use re-enactment of their hero’s famous 1973 photo op to plot a new course out of the cold

The Guardian - AU

Yellen to host Chinese vice premier for talks in San Francisco ahead of start of APEC summit

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is hosting Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng for two days of talks this week

The Independent UK

North Korea says it is closing some diplomatic missions around the world

Experts point to economic difficulties from prolonged international sanctions, but the closures may signal a possible change in North Korea's foreign policy that is more focused on Moscow and Beijing.

WEKU

Why China really wants to boost VPN services

Is this a change of heart from the notoriously anti-VPN regime in Beijing?

TechRadar

Albanese China trip: PM meets Xi Jinping in Beijing and hails diplomatic thaw

Prime minister says visit is about ‘taking forward’ Australia’s relationship, while Chinese president welcomes ‘joint effort’ to improve ties

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Al Jazeera

China takes cautious approach to diplomacy over Israel-Gaza war

As Western leaders rush to the Middle East, Beijing has taken a more low key stance to the deepening conflict.

The Guardian - AU

Pacific Islands Forum: four leaders fail to attend as China-US rivalry takes centre stage

The US has been racing to reopen embassies and deepen links with Pacific countries in wake of Solomon Islands security pact with China

The Guardian - AU

Albanese to echo Whitlam as he prays for a good harvest in Xi talks

The prime minister will visit the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on Monday morning before a significant meeting with China’s president, Xi Jinping

AAP

China, Australia on right path, Xi tells Albanese

Australia's Prime MInister Anthony Albanese and China's leader Xi Jinping have hailed the improved relations between the two countries as positive and healthy.

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The Hindu

Amid China boundary talks, Bhutan King to discuss Bhutan-Assam border smart city project

The Bhutanese King flew to Delhi from Guwahati, which was the first ever official visit by a Bhutanese monarch to Assam.

The Independent UK

Estonia will allow Taiwan to establish a nondiplomatic representative office in a policy revision

Estonia's government says it will allow Taiwan to open a nondiplomatic representative office of Taipei in the Baltic country to boost economic and cultural ties with the self-governing island

The Independent UK

Head of China’s state-backed Catholic church will visit Hong Kong as ties with Vatican are strained

The Hong Kong Roman Catholic diocese says that the leader of China’s Communist Party-sponsored version of the Catholic church will visit Hong Kong this month at the invitation of the city’s pope-appointed cardinal

Radio France Internationale

France frets as China strengthens ties with allies in South Pacific

Chinese aid to the South Pacific is increasingly targeted toward the country's political allies in the region, an independent Australian thinktank reported this week. This is happening amid a declining appetite for Chinese credit, and as the US and China jostle for influence.

Al Jazeera

Australia’s Albanese heads to China touting ‘consistent, steady’ engagement

Labor leader is first Australian prime minister to visit since 2016 after a turbulent period in bilateral ties.

The Guardian - AU

A new chapter: how China sees Albanese’s ‘ice-breaking’ state visit

Chinese state media have previously viewed Australia’s actions as blindly following the US. Does a resumption of dialogue signal a change?

AAP

Prime minister receives red carpet welcome in China

Anthony Albanese has become the first Australian prime minister to visit China since 2016, touching down in Shanghai to a red carpet welcome.

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