CNN —Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s four-day visit to Australia this week was set to be focused on repairing long-strained relations between the two countries.
But apparent efforts by Chinese officials to stand in front of an Australian reporter during a press briefing have shone a spotlight back on frictions between the countries.
Beijing has also long been condemned by Western nations and rights groups for wrongful and arbitrary detentions.
2 official, to Australia is the highest-level trip to a US-allied country of any Chinese official in seven years.
Speaking alongside Li following the signing ceremony, Albanese called the visit “another important step in stabilizing” the relationship.
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