Mourning the passing of Henry Kissinger, Chinese President Xi Jinping in a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden called the former diplomat an “old friend” of China. 

Kissinger met face-to-face with President Xi just a few months ago in July, in Beijing, his last of over 100 trips to China. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign affairs paid this tribute.

Nathan King reports from Washington.

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