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Why can Albo get meetings with Xi, but not with Trump?

Anthony Albanese has finally got a meeting with a president, but it's not the one some are so desperate to see.

The Prime Minister sets off on a six-day official visit to China while there is still no date set for a face-to-face with Donald Trump.

But does that actually matter, and what does President Xi want from Australia?

Guest: Dr Joseph Torigian, research fellow at Stanford University Hoover History Lab, associate professor at American University. Author of The Party’s Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping

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