US needs ‘Kissinger-style wisdom’ in its China policies: Wang Yi

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BEIJING - The United States needs “Kissinger-style diplomatic wisdom” in its policies towards China, top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi told the former US state secretary in Beijing on Wednesday, as bilateral ties languished at historic lows. While Washington said it was aware of the visit by Henry Kissinger, now aged 100, to China, he was not acting on behalf of the US government. Mr Kissinger served as US state secretary and national security adviser in the administrations of presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He played a key diplomatic role in the normalisation of relations between Washington and Beijing in...