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BBC World Service: 'When Kissinger Went to China'

American politician, diplomat, and geopolitical consultant Henry Kissinger's secret trip to China 50 years ago changed the Cold War. In July 1971, Kissinger, then US National Security Advisor, made a clandestine visit to the People’s Republic of China – then America’s sworn enemy. 

50 years on, the US and China are at a historic crossroads. Looking back, what can Presidents Biden and Xi learn from Kissinger’s trip?

Listen Sunday, June 13 at 7 p.m. on WRVO, on-air and online.