Xi Calls for Improved China-Australia Relations at G-20

What’s new: President Xi Jinping said China and Australia need to “improve, uphold and further develop” their relationship, which has experienced difficulties in recent years, during the first formal meeting of the nations’ leaders since 2016.

While meeting on the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G-20) summit in Bali, Indonesia, Xi told Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese that China-Australian relations need to be cherished by both sides, according to the foreign ministry.