In the cold winter of 1972, a schoolteacher in a poor Chinese village asked his whole class: “The U.S. president, Nixon, and his adviser Dr. Kissinger will be in China.

In 1987, “Nixon in China” meditated on what was then recent history, depicting Kissinger as a smooth diplomat with a brutal side. By Zachary Woolfe Henry Kissinger, the polarizing diplomat who ...

Kissinger, serving as National Security Advisor and later Secretary of State under President Richard Nixon, played a pivotal role in reshaping U.S. foreign policy, particularly with the ...

Kissinger noted that Nixon came into office at a fraught moment for U.S. foreign policy, facing issues in Vietnam, the Middle East and the Soviet Union, while China was outside of any set of ...

Kissinger also met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who told him “US policies toward China require Kissinger-style diplomatic wisdom and Nixon-style political courage.” ...

It was sufficient for Mao to green-light Richard Nixon’s history-making trip to China in the spring of 1972, which fomented a “tacit alliance,” as Kissinger put it, in place of more than two ...

Referring to Kissinger’s role in initiating China-U.S. relations while serving as national security adviser during the Nixon administration, Wang said he had played an “irreplaceable role in ...

The reception for Mr. Kissinger, who more than 50 years ago helped pave the way for diplomatic ties between the United States and China during President Richard M. Nixon’s administration, was ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, meets with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018.

Henry Kissinger continued to make regular trips to China after leaving office, and Beijing has tried to seize on the opportunity to try and drum up positive momentum with the U.S.

Such was Kissinger's reputation in China. ... Kissinger was renowned for his secret visits to China that paved the way for then-President Richard Nixon to meet with Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai in 1972.

Kissinger also met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who told him “US policies toward China require Kissinger-style diplomatic wisdom and Nixon-style political courage.” ...