Albanese’s warm welcome in Beijing shows icy tensions are a thing of the past – at least for now | Tom McIlroy

Local state-controlled media buzzed about the visit, praising the turnaround' and suggesting relations between the two countries were back on track

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Anthony Albanese may be humming Paul Kelly and Powderfinger when his plane lands back in Australia from China on Friday.

After more than two hours of talks with the country's president, Xi Jinping, a series of successful business events, and a retracing of Gough Whitlam's steps at the Great Wall, the prime minister is likely to view his six-day visit as a diplomatic home run.

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