Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) shakes hands with former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on March 17, 2015 ©Feng Li (Pool/AFP)
Bloomberg: China, Grappling With Trump, Turns to ‘Old Friend’ Kissinger
* Aging ex-secretary of state meets Chinese leaders in Beijing
* Remains Beijing’s preferred conduit for understanding U.S.
As he’s done for decades, Henry Kissinger is again shuttling between the U.S. and China to defuse tensions, this time as President Xi Jinping tries to figure out how much of President-elect Donald Trump’s China-bashing will follow him to the White House.
The 93-year-old former secretary of state, who secretly brokered President Richard Nixon’s watershed visit in 1972, returned to Beijing to meet with state leaders Friday, just two weeks after huddling with Trump in New York. While little about Kissinger’s closed-door talks has been disclosed, Chinese officials are trying to assess whether the incoming administration will prompt greater confrontation over trade and territory disputes, as Trump promised on the campaign trail.
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WNU Editor: It is not everyday that the Chinese President goes out of his way to meet a U.S. civilian in the Great Hall of the People .... and then telegraph to the world that they want to work with the U.S. under President-Elect Trump, and to settle any disputes in a reasonable and timely manner. I am definitely looking forward to how President-elect Trump will respond to these moves. On a side note .... after the U.S. Presidential election everyone that I knew in Russia wanted to know my take on the outcome .... but all my Chinese friends and contacts were silent. No more now .... Donald Trump is the #1 focus of concern for the Chinese government when it comes to foreign affairs, international business/economics, and security issues/conflicts..
