Fr. Shenan J. Boquet: Kissinger’s Dark Legacy: Weaponizing Population Control

A few years ago, Henry Kissinger gave an interview to the Wall Street Journal about China. Kissinger, who passed away on November 29, famously served as the Secretary of State under President Richard Nixon, and as national security advisor to President Gerald Ford.

Among many other things, Kissinger is known for advocating a policy of rapprochement between the United States and communist China, increasing the economic inter-dependencies between the two superpowers. In the Wall Street Journal interview, Kissinger was asked about his feelings on Chinese nationalism, and how that might affect the global order.

Interestingly, Kissinger immediately began musing about how children in China overwhelmingly come from one-child families. One result of this, he noted, is that each child has four grandparents and two parents who are pouring all of their energy into a single child. ….

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