The USSR had to go? How the hell could a marxist party be standing in the way of socialism? Insanity. The collapse of the USSR was a great crisis, and it killed millions and destroyed industry that was then shipped off.Tbh China knew exactly what it was doing with Kissinger and America. The USSR had to go in order for China to take the first steps towards realizing a socialism based world order.
Without Kissinger there would be no 25 years of American world dominance. But there would also not be an energy independent and secure China.
We gave them the present and they gave us the future. And based on how things are going, no one can say that we were cheated. Hence, China's leaders also met Kissinger not as a representative of the enemy, but as someone who contributed to the creation of the new China.
