Henry Kissinger, the 100-year-old former U.S. secretary of state, met China’s top diplomat Wang Yi in Beijing on Wednesday. Photo: Courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Wang shakes hands with Kissinger. Photo: Courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Wang attends a meeting with Kissinger. The two discussed issues related to Taiwan, Ukraine and artificial intelligence. Photo: Courtesy of Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Kissinger speaks with Defense Minister Li Shangfu in Beijing on Tuesday. Photo: Screenshot from CCTV

Kissinger delivers a speech via video link for a Lunar New Year celebration in New York on Jan. 18. Photo: Wang Fan/China News Service, VCG

Kissinger discusses China-U.S. relations at the China Development Forum in Beijing in March 2021. Photo: Han Haidan/China News Service, The Paper

Kissinger speaks at the 2019 New Economy Forum in Beijing in November 2019. Photo: Hou Yu/China News Service, VCG

Kissinger receives an honorary doctorate from Peking University in Beijing in 2006. Photo: The Paper

Former U.S. President Richard Nixon (center) and Kissinger (first row, far right) pose for a group photo with Chinese officials in Beijing in February 1972. Photo: VCG