Five things we learned from the China-US talks after President Xi calls a surprise meeting with Antony Blinken

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Chinese President Xi Jinping says he is satisfied with the progress made during talks with the US this week. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken completed a two-day visit to Beijing on Monday but his meeting with Mr Xi wasn't on the original schedule until being announced an hour before it took place. State media described the exchanges as "candid, in-depth and constructive". But there were also signs that China was less than enthusiastic in its welcome of Mr Blinken, even down to the lack of a red carpet for the first visit by a US secretary of state in...