CCP Leader Says Australia-China Ties Have ‘Turned Around’

The two leaders met on the sidelines of the G20 to discuss trade as Beijing braces for impending tariffs from the incoming Trump administration.

(L-R) Minister of Economy Fernando Haddad, First Lady of Brazil Rosangela Janja da Silva, President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva , Minister of Foreign Affairs Mauro Vieira and Minister of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Fight against Hunger Wellington Dias attend the G20 Task Force meeting to establish a Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty on July 24, 2024 in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Wagner Meier/Getty Images

Ten years to the day after CCP Leader Xi Jinping visited Australia signing a comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries, he met with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the sidelines of the G20 in Brazil.

Xi said he believed the bilateral relationship had “turned around” over that period.