/ world today news/ On July 20, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the Diaoyutai State Residence. Xi Jinping recalled that Dr. Kissinger is an old friend of the Chinese people who has contributed to the promotion of China-US relations and the strengthening of friendship between the Chinese and American peoples for years. Kissinger said that bilateral relations between the United States and China are of vital importance to the peace and prosperity of both countries and the entire world. He also expressed his desire to continue working to improve mutual understanding.
52 years ago, Kissinger, in his role as a special envoy of the American president, visited China and met with the then leaders of the country. After the visit, the two sides started a procedure for the normalization of bilateral relations. It is this moment that is considered the most important in Kissinger’s diplomatic career. To date, he has already visited China over a hundred times and is still working hard to develop dialogue and contacts between Washington and Beijing.
In American political circles, Kissinger represented a pragmatic force advocating dialogue and engagement with China and properly dealing with differences. Such a policy can formulate a rational and constructive orientation towards China. Looking back in history, this is the right way in which cooperation and bilateral relations between the two countries have worked most stably.
Although Kissinger’s visit this time is of a personal nature, contacts at the official level between China and the US have also increased significantly. Recently, the US Secretary of State, Treasury Secretary and the President’s Special Envoy on Climate Change were on official visits to China. Many analysts believe that the improvement of Sino-US relations opens a new window of opportunity, which also proves that the question of “how” rather than “whether” will be possible should be answered regarding the development of Sino-US relations.
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