'Respect never cost anything': PM defends China outcome

Australian Community Media

Anthony Albanese has hit back at the coalition over claims of "indulgence" during his China trip, saying his rivals don't understand the importance of respect in diplomacy. Video via AAP.

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00:00How much were you thinking of Wicklam and Hawke as you did those two visits and are those visits

00:06critical to what you're doing in China? Well I was thinking more of them than I was of James

00:11Patterson as Fed of Sun but it's also the case I was thinking of how worthwhile it is for

00:19Australia as well those pictures go to 27 million people potentially in Australia

00:30they go to over a billion people in China a billion people and those billion

00:37people represent people who increasingly rising up the income ladder and our

00:46potential tourists and therefore job creators in Australia. If James Patterson

00:51doesn't understand that then he doesn't understand much and quite frankly I think

00:58the latter applies. The Great Wall of China symbolizes the extraordinary history and

01:04culture here in China and showing a bit of respect to people never cost anything

01:11as you know what it does and gives you a reward

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