Archive Interview: China, U.S. Must ‘Lead in Cooperation,’ Kissinger Says

Editor’s note: Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger died Wednesday at his home in Connecticut at the age of 100. Caixin interviewed him in March 2015 when he visited China and met President Xi Jinping. In the interview, Kissinger said it is crucial for world’s two biggest powers “lead in cooperation.”

(Beijing) – Henry Kissinger, the former U.S. secretary of state and the architect of former president Richard Nixon's historic visit to China in 1972, has continued to influence the shaping of the two countries' relations and America's foreign policy long after leaving office.