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

Sat, 02 Nov 2024

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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