Hank (Henry) makes one more trip to China. He's still alive.

[Hotler]

China's Xi gets nostalgic with 'old friend' Kissinger

BEIJING, July 20 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping told Henry Kissinger that "old friends" like him will never be forgotten, striking an easy tone in their meeting in China's capital on Thursday, amid efforts by Beijing and Washington to mend frayed ties.

Kissinger played a key diplomatic role in normalising ties between Washington and Beijing in the 1970s when he served as secretary of state and national security advisor in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

https://www.reuters.com/world/chinas-president-xi-meets-with-henry-kissinger-beijing-2023-07-20/

Side note; remember the movie "It's Alive"

[sarcasmo]

1. Evil Lives.

[Buns_of_Fire]

2. I mistakenly first thought of the movie "They Live!"

And was trying to picture Henry saying "I have come here to chew bubblegum..."

[Backseat Driver]

3. The evil men do live after them; the good is oft interred with their bones!

So let it be with HK.

I say, et al that praise him for at very least living so long? - Does anyone dare find the aged good in that unrepented evil?

[Autumn]

4. That sonofabitch needs to just die and be forgotten.

[gratuitous]

5. Color me surprised

I wouldn't think that Kissinger would travel outside the borders of the United States. Must have had a special arrangement with Beijeng.

[jmowreader]

6. Let's talk about Iron Maiden for a second

Maiden once did a concept album “Seventh Son of a Seventh Son.” Its closing track is “Only The Good Die Young.”

The chorus is, “Only the good die young. All the evil seem to live forever.”

I have no idea why an English metal band would write a song about Henry Kissinger, but they did.

[rickford66]

7. He's being played by Walter Brennan.

I don't know who's playing Walter.

[Tommy Carcetti]

8. Is he flying in a coffin that seals away any daylight? nt

[Kid Berwyn]

9. Did China's missing Foreign Minister show?

What happened to China's missing foreign minister?

Qin Gang has not been seen at any diplomatic events for over three weeks, just months after taking on the role. His mysterious absence has underlined the secrecy of Beijing’s top-level politics.

Yuchen Li in Taipei
Deutsche Welle, July 20, 2023

As of Wednesday, China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang has been absent from the public eye for 24 days, marking more than three weeks since his last reported diplomatic meetings on June 25.

At the relatively young age of 57, he became one of the youngest foreign ministers in Chinese history when he assumed office in December. He was, at the time, widely regarded as a trusted confidant of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

His disappearance has brought up difficult questions for Beijing, both inside and outside of China.

Beijing silent on Qin's fate

Qin's absence was only officially addressed for the first time last week when the Foreign Ministry announced that he would not be attending the ASEAN foreign ministers' summit in Indonesia for "health reasons."

Beijing instead sent its top diplomat Wang Yi — Qin's predecessor who also ranks above him in the hierarchy of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) — to take part in the meetings.

Continues…

https://www.dw.com/en/what-happened-to-chinas-missing-foreign-minister/a-66294826