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China 'impossible to contain,' Beijing's top diplomat tells Kissinger

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) and former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (L) attend a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on Nov., 22 2019. Almost 4 years later, Kissinger made a surprise visit to Beijing to talk to Chinese government officials in July 2023. Jason Lee/Pool/EPA-EFE" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/07/19/wang.jpg"/><figcaption>Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) and former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (L) attend a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on Nov., 22 2019. Almost 4 years later, Kissinger made a surprise visit to Beijing to talk to Chinese government officials in July 2023. Jason Lee/Pool/EPA-EFE</figcaption></figure></div>BEIJING, China — Beijing&#x27;s top diplomat Wang Yi told Henry Kissinger on Wednesday that it is &quot;impossible to contain or encircle&quot; China, hailing the former US secretary of state&#x27;s role in opening up relations between the two powers.&quot;China&#x27;s development has a strong endogenous momentum and inevitable historical logic, and it is impossible to try to transform China, and it is even more impossible to encircle and contain China,&quot; Wang told the 100-year-old Kissinger in a meeting in Beijing, according to a foreign ministry statement.Kissinger, then US national security adviser, secretly flew to Beijing in July 1971 on a mission to establish relations with communist China.That trip set the stage for a landmark visit by president Richard Nixon, who sought both to shake up the Cold War and enlist help ending the Vietnam War.Washington&#x27;s overtures to an isolated Beijing contributed to China&#x27;s rise to become a manufacturing powerhouse and the world&#x27;s largest economy after the United States.Since leaving office, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kissinger has grown wealthy advising businesses on China -- and has warned against a hawkish turn in US policy.Hailing China&#x27;s &quot;friendship established with old friends&quot;, Wang on Wednesday praised Kissinger&#x27;s &quot;historic contributions to the ice-breaking development of China-US relations&quot;.&quot;China&#x27;s policy towards the United States maintains a high degree of continuity, and follows the fundamental guidelines proposed by President Xi Jinping, which are mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation,&quot; Wang added.&quot;These three guidelines are fundamental and long-term, and they are also the right way for China and the United States, two big countries, to get along with each other,&quot; China&#x27;s top diplomat said.&quot;The US policy toward China needs Kissinger-style diplomatic wisdom and Nixon-style political courage,&quot; he added.Kissinger met Tuesday in Beijing with Defense Minister Li Shangfu as part of a surprise visit to China.&quot;Kissinger said in today&#x27;s world, challenges and opportunities coexist, and both the United States and China should eliminate misunderstandings, coexist peacefully, and avoid confrontation,&quot; state news agency Xinhua reported.&quot;He expressed the hope that both sides will exert wisdom, make every effort to create positive outcomes for the development of bilateral relations, and safeguard world peace and stability,&quot; it added.The elder statesman&#x27;s trip to China coincides with that of US climate envoy John Kerry, and follows recent visits by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Secretary of State Antony Blinken.<div>© Agence France-Presse</div>

Beijing's top diplomat Wang Yi told former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger on Wednesday that it is 'impossible to contain or encircle' China