China's inevitable rise risks conflict: Kissinger

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

China's inevitable rise risks conflict: Kissinger

By Emma Graham-Harrison
Tue Apr 3, 5:42 AM ET

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's rise as a global power is inevitable and
could lead to conflict unless Beijing and Washington can cooperate
to create a new global order, former U.S. Secretary of State Henry
Kissinger said on Tuesday.

Kissinger first came to Beijing in 1971, on a secret mission to
re-establish Sino-U.S. ties after more than two decades of diplomatic
silence.

Since then, economic reforms have turned China into a powerhouse.
Beijing is now running a trade surplus with the United States that
Washington last year put at $230 billion, and helps keep its rival
afloat by buying vast amounts of U.S. debt.

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But Kissinger said China's growing political and economic prominence
was irreversible, and if the two nations could not cooperate it raised
the specter of war.

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[Tempest]

1. How quaint

Kissinger believes the U.S. will have any relevance in a new world order.

[nodular]

2. I'm not aware of anyone doubting the US will have relevance

in the world for the foreseeable future. The question is, will it be positive or negative. Kissinger looks for a positive role, and I tend to agree.