Membership of the Chinese Communist Party has just exceeded 100 million. It has long been the largest political party in world history.
When Prime Minister Albanese meets President Xi Jinping, he is not only meeting the head of the second largest economy in the world in nominal dollars, and by far the largest in purchasing power parity terms, but also the head of the biggest political party the world has ever seen. This matters.
Albanese’s visit to China is a moment for statesmanship