Three details worth noting, behind the visit of centenarian Kissinger to China | President | United States | Details

On July 18th and 19th, State Councilor and Minister of National Defense Li Shangfu and member of the Political Bureau and Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Office of the Communist Party of China Wang Yi met with visiting former US Secretary of State Kissinger in Beijing.

On May 27th of this year, this legendary diplomat celebrated his 100th birthday, and this visit is also his first visit to China in four years.

He stated that both the United States and China have the ability to influence the world, and maintaining stable relations between the United States and China is crucial to world peace, stability, and human well-being. Regardless of the difficulty, both parties should treat each other equally, maintain contact, and attempting to isolate or isolate the other party is unacceptable.

On July 19th, Wang Yi met with Kissinger in Beijing. "I came as a friend"

In July 1971, Kissinger, who was then the national security affairs assistant of the President of the United States, paid a secret visit to China. He flew over the the Himalayas via Pakistan, and finally set foot on China's land. Together with China, he facilitated the "ice breaking trip" of the then President Nixon's visit to China, and realized the "handshake across the Pacific" that shocked the world.

In that year, US President Biden was still a 29 year old young man who had just stepped into politics. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was a 9-year-old schoolboy.

The Governor of Chang'an Street noticed that Kissinger is not only the first US envoy to visit China since the founding of the People's Republic of China, but also the most visited American politician in China. Since 1971, he has visited China nearly a hundred times, continuously promoting the development and exchange of US China relations.

Kissinger once said, "China is the country I have been with the longest and most deeply, and China has become a very important part of my life. Chinese friends are of great significance to me."

On the 18th, Kissinger expressed his feelings towards China again during the meeting with Li Shangfu. He said that this visit comes as a friend of China. In today's world, challenges and opportunities coexist, and the United States and China should eliminate misunderstandings, coexist peacefully, and avoid confrontation.

On the 19th, during the meeting with Kissinger, Wang Yi also expressed affirmation of his historical achievements. Wang Yi said that the doctor has made historic contributions to the breaking development of China US relations and plays an irreplaceable role in enhancing mutual understanding between the two countries. The Chinese side cherishes the friendship established with old friends.

On July 19th, Wang Yi met with Kissinger in Beijing. "China and the United States are already standing on a cliff."

As soon as news of Kissinger's visit to China came out, many people on the internet exclaimed, "This old man is really not easy. In the vast United States, can't we really find a suitable person?"?

On the 18th, Li Shangfu met with Kissinger in Beijing. The Governor of Chang'an Street noticed that it would not be a small matter for Kissinger to leap half the world with a hundred years of age to talk to the Chinese side.

He said that China and the United States have already stood on a cliff, and he is not sure what the tense relationship between the two countries will bring. The only thing he knows is that if a military conflict breaks out between China and the United States, there will be no winner in the war between the two major powers. "The winning party must pay an disproportionate price."

On the same day of Li Shangfu's talks with Kissinger, the United States announced that its assistance to Ukraine would not affect the continued supply of military force by the United States to the Taiwan authorities, and threatened to intervene in the liberation of Taiwan by the People's Liberation Army.

Under the continuous provocation of the United States, the risk of China and the United States getting caught off guard in the sea and air around China has sharply increased. Kissinger believes that understanding and handling the US China relationship well, especially reversing the current difficult situation, requires broad thinking and historical and philosophical thinking. Both sides need to come up with wisdom, cooperate and develop together. The two armies should strengthen communication, do their best to create positive results for the development of the bilateral relationship, and maintain world peace and stability.

However, against the backdrop of intensified social contradictions and polarized thoughts among voters and politicians in the United States, what the US lacks is broad, rational, and speculative strategic and diplomatic wisdom towards China.

As Wang Yi said to Kissinger, China's development has a strong endogenous driving force and inevitable historical logic. It is impossible to attempt to transform China, and containment and containment of China is even more impossible. The US policy towards China requires Kissinger style diplomatic wisdom and Nixon style political courage.

He does not represent the US government“

On the 18th, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller stated in an interview with reporters that the US had prior knowledge of Kissinger's visit to China as an "ordinary citizen". During Antony Blinken's visit to China, Chinese officials mentioned Kissinger's latest visit plan.

Matthew said he believed that Kissinger "wanted to go to China on his own", not on behalf of the US government. He also said that the US State Department is not aware of any plans for Kissinger's talks.

According to CNN, Kissinger's trip to China appears to be a private itinerary and not part of the Biden administration's "organized diplomatic efforts.".

The Governor of Chang'an Street previously reported that since Nixon became president, every US president has invited Kissinger to the White House to consult with him on foreign policy issues, including Trump, which has become a customary practice in the US government, except for Biden.

In June of this year, Biden publicly praised his experience in foreign policy, claiming that he was "no less than anyone still alive in this field, including Dr. Kissinger," with a "disagreement.".

In fact, whether Kissinger came up with his own ideas or acted as a firefighter for the Biden administration, his substantial improvement in Sino US relations is indeed limited.

The root cause of the difficulties faced by China US relations lies in the serious deviation in the US perception and positioning towards China, which has led to a series of erroneous measures towards China.

The founding president of the United States, Washington, once said, "The true standard for measuring friends is actions, not words." China is concerned about what the US says and more about how it does it.

Perhaps Kissinger's life experience can point a clear path for the chaotic US government.

Kissinger's concepts of "realism" and "balance of power diplomacy" not only promote the development of China US relations, but also safeguard the national interests of the United States and China. In fact, a staunch defender of American interests can also become an old friend of China, which is not only a vivid portrayal of the three principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation between China and the United States, but also the correct way for the two major powers to coexist.