Kissinger spent half his life on China-US ties. The best way, perhaps, to remember and honour him is to turn the Xi-Biden San Franciso vision into reality and move relations to a better place.
Effective cooperation between all participating countries, as equals, will help address the inequalities and imbalances seen in traditional globalisation. China is committed to promoting this vision amid a pandemic and other global crises, supported by its ‘dual circulation’ economic strategy.
The exercise of Chinese state power in Hong Kong is fully legal and should not be distorted to mean interference. Any action, whether local or foreign, based on a misunderstanding of the Basic Law risks crossing Beijing’s red line.