China Says Australian PM Albanese to Visit This Week

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP)

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will begin a six-day visit to China on Saturday, his office and Beijing said.

China lifted a ban on Australian rock lobster in December, the last barrier in a broader, multibillion-dollar trade war that erupted under a previous conservative government in Canberra.

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