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Henry Kissinger will be remembered by Chinese for his commitment and contribution to China-US ties
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Dammit China what are you doing? 
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this post was submitted on 30 Nov 2023
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China-US relations have always been the single cause of most of my issues with China. They developed relations with the US as a partial middle finger to the USSR, and helped the US keep down Vietnam, and assisted Pol Pol alongside the US.
China loved Kissinger for some reason.
China is a superpower partially because of "normalized" economic and diplomatic ties with the US, and Kissinger was one of the people that made it happen from the US side. I doubt that the Chinese are ignorant of his war crimes, but it is an important historical fact.
If you support China as AES, you do have to acknowledge that while also remembering that Kissinger is a stain on the world.
I recognize that, but also recognize the consequences that came with China siding with the US. Remember, if this is a domino that made China a superpower, it is also a domino in China supporting a genocide in Cambodia and fighting Vietnam.
Do I have to support China in its past actions towards Vietnam, another AES nation? Am I supposed to ignore how Kissinger's diplomacy with China made the Sino-Soviet split even worse? Or how it fed into China supporting Pol Pot? Yes, US-China diplomacy was key to China becoming the superpower that it is today. Doesn't mean I like all the consequences of it.
I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: