Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is trying to deepen ties with China, his country’s biggest trading partner, while being under pressure from the United States.

Anthony Albanese has quickly transformed into the darling of Chinese state media during his diplomatic visit to China this week.

The PM has lent into the legend. In Shanghai, he gave a speech to the Australian business community in the Peace Hotel where, he told his audience, Whitlam spent his 55th birthday on his brazen trip as an opposition leader, pursuing recognition of Beijing despite the then Australian government’s reservations.

The Australian’s Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan slams Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for his six-day trip to China, labelling the visit as “unfathomably stupid”.

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Anthony Albanese’s visit to China has gone down well with the country’s state media, offering insight into Beijing’s true feelings about the future of its relationship with Canberra.

Former DFAT Australia-China Council scholar Andrew Phelan says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sounded like a “spokesman for Xi Jinping” during his time in China.

Anthony Albanese will use high-profile meetings with top business leaders in Shanghai today to heap praise on the economic relationship, while promising to back industry efforts to decarbonise China's huge steel sector.