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Quick take | Not you again! Parsing the Xi-Biden call

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On Thursday, Xi Jinping held a long-awaited call with US President Joe Biden.

Keeping score: This is the fifth time the pair have spoken since Biden assumed office in January 2021.

They last held a call back in March.

At nearly two-and-a-half hours, the pair plainly had plenty to talk abou...