WASHINGTON - On the face of it, there was nothing new from the two-and-a-half hour call between United States President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, with both essentially restating well-known positions on sensitive issues.
But given the toxic nature of the current US-China relationship, that could be good news.
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