Beef bans lifted and new pandas promised as China and Australia repair fractious relationship

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China and Australia appear to have repaired their fractious relationship with a four-day visit Down Under. Premier Li Qiang said he had held a "candid, in-depth and fruitful meeting and reached a lot of consensus" with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. "We also have our differences… that's why candid dialogue is so important," Mr Albanese said. Image: Anthony Albanese and Li Qiang. Pic: Reuters Premier Li is the highest-ranking Chinese leader after President Xi Jinping - and is the most senior official to visit Australia in seven years. It follows a long period of trade wars, a diplomatic deep freeze,...