When Henry Kissinger and his Chinese interlocutors found themselves in a diplomatic dead-end in the early 1970s, they visited the Temple of Heaven in Beijing – and immediately got back on track. And to this day, the once sacred place full of symbolism inspires astute analysis. Meanwhile, Kissinger, the mastermind of modern US policy towards China, despairs over the aggressive course the two superpowers have taken.
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Just four years ago, Evergrande founder Xu Jiayin was China's richest man for a time. But the real estate conglomerate's mountain of debt keeps growing. Beijing has urged Xu to resolve these problems quickly. But banks and rating agencies are shaking their heads.
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