Several world leaders at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro seized the opportunity to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, who returned to the global stage after skipping last year's gathering in India.

China's relationship with Australia has achieved a turnaround and the two countries are maintaining a positive momentum of development, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday,

Good morning and welcome to our live politics blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it’ll be Emily Wind with the main action. Anthony Albanese has met China’s president Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Brazil overnight with Beijing trying to promote Australia as a model for trading with China in a Trump era.

Chinese President Xi Jinping told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday he hopes Germany can help Europe and China resolve the issue of tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles as soon as possible, state television CCTV reported.

China has asked Germany to support efforts to resolve a dispute between the European Union and Beijing over electric vehicle tariffs

Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for Beijing and Berlin to develop ties with a "strategic" and "long-term" perspective Tuesday as he met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Rio de