Kissinger’s Death Divides America, Unites China

Henry Kissinger, the controversial former American diplomat and Nobel Peace Prize winner, died on Wednesday at his home in Connecticut aged 100. In a highly influential career, Kissinger served as both Secretary of State and National Security Adviser under the Richard Nixon administration, overseeing major shifts in U.S. foreign policy including both the intensification and end of the Vietnam War, a thaw in relations with Mao Zedong’s China and the American support for right-wing dictatorships in Chile and Argentina. He went on to advise the administrations of several other presidents including George W. Bush and Donald Trump. His death sparked…