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Kissinger warns of escalation between the US and China
Was Secretary of State of the United States from 1973 to 1977: Henry Kissinger. photo
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According to ex-Secretary of State Kissinger, a military conflict between Washington and Beijing would mean that the world would look infinitely worse today than it did after the First World War.
According to former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, tensions between the United States and China could become “the greatest challenge facing mankind”.
In an interview with the US broadcaster CNN, excerpts of which were shown on television, Kissinger said: “The unique thing about the situation is that both countries each have the ability to destroy the world. And if they get into a conflict, there is no restraint in the use of technology.”
If there were a military conflict between the US and China, the world would look infinitely worse today than it did after the First World War, said the 99-year-old. “I think it is an obligation of our foreign policy and theirs to discuss the issues that could get out of hand.”
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Kissinger advocates a policy of detente with China. In November 2019 he traveled to the country, warned of an escalation between the USA and China and also met Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The German-American was born in Fürth in Middle Franconia in 1923. His mother was Jewish. In 1938 he fled to the United States with his parents and his brother Walter Kissinger for fear of the Nazis. Kissinger later served as US National Security Advisor and Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977. In 1973 he received the Nobel Peace Prize for the Armistice and Withdrawal Agreement with what was then North Vietnam.