Chinese Premier Li Qiang has arrived in Canberra after an earlier visit to Adelaide Zoo, where he confirmed China would lend the facility two new giant pandas.
China 's Premier Li Qiang has been greeted by supporters and protesters in Canberra.Mr Li will meet Anthony Albanese in Canberra tomorrow before heading to Perth on Tuesday.
Mr Li – who is notionally the second most powerful leader in China behind President Xi Jinping – declared on arrival that the relationship with Australia was now "back on track after a series of twists and turns."The two new pandas will be loaned to Adelaide Zoo as beloved pair Wang Wang and Fu Ni are set to return to China after 15 years in the southern hemisphere.
"Ever since 1949 there has been a genocide happening against Uyghurs – the Chinese government is trying to brainwash us to make us forget about our culture and religion," she said.After visiting Adelaide Zoo, Mr Li had lunch with Adelaide winemakers in an event designed to highlight the return of Australian wine to China after Beijing's move to unwind heavy tariffs earlier this year.
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