Henry Kissinger says Taiwan cannot be at the core of negotiations between the U.S. and China

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Kissinger served as secretary of state and national security advisor under Republican Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford in the 1970s. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Veteran U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger on Monday said that Washington and Beijing must seek to avoid putting Taiwan at the center of their tense diplomatic relationship, adding that the need for the world’s two largest economies to avoid direct confrontation is in the interest of global peace. His comments come shortly after President Joe Biden said the U.S. would be prepared to intervene militarily if China invaded the democratic, self-governed island....