Prime minister to talk with China’s president Xi Jinping after thawing trade relations

ABC NEWS (Australia)

The Prime minister has arrived in Beijing where he's vowed to engage in some straight talk with China’s president Xi Jinping during their meeting tonight. It follows a day in Shanghai where he focused on the thaw in the trade relationship.

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00:00 Day one of this visit was about celebrating the removal of most trade sanctions and pushing

00:07 for the rest to go too. The Aussie businesses showcasing their wares at a Shanghai trade

00:14 expo were excited about the friendlier ties. Today, however, comes the more difficult part.

00:20 The Prime Minister will meet President Xi Jinping here in Beijing. China wants greater

00:25 access to Australia's critical minerals and support to enter a regional trade pact. There's

00:31 little sign Anthony Albanese will give him either. And the Prime Minister has vowed to

00:36 raise sensitive issues - human rights, the South China Sea and the ongoing detention

00:41 of Australian citizen Young Heng-Chun. But both sides want friendlier ties. They want

00:47 this visit to be a success and they don't want any embarrassments.

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