As ties with the US worsen, China asks: Who’s the new Kissinger?

As ties with the US worsen, China asks: Who’s the new Kissinger?
Flashback to 2007: Henry Kissinger meets Xi Jinping, who had just been appointed secretary of the Shanghai municipal committee of the Chinese Communist Party. (Image: China Images via Depositphotos)
The Washington Post
By Christian Shepherd and Katrina NorthropWith the US election only days away, China has been on the hunt for the “new Henry Kissinger” – someone who is a friend of Beijing but has the ear of the incoming president. Someone who Chinese officials hope can cut through the bipartisan hostility toward Beijing and encourage Washington to engage – as Kissinger did for five decades.In Beijing’s foreign policy circles, the race for the White House is often cast as lose-lose, with former president Donald Trump and Vice Pres...

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