Chinese Premier Li Qiang said video of Anthony Albanese walking in Shanghai went viral: “People were saying that we have a handsome boy coming from Australia.”
China and Australia will resume annual leaders’ meetings after years of hostility between the two governments.
The leaders’ meetings were cancelled by China under the former Coalition government after multiple disputes with Australia over human rights, national security, COVID-19 and the cancellation of Victoria’s Belt and Road infrastructure agreement. In a light-hearted remark at the beginning of the meeting, Qiang said many Chinese people had seen social media posts about Albanese visiting China.
Chen Hong, a professor of Australian Studies at East China Normal University, said both sides wanted to avoid provoking each other.
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