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those issues are former secretary of state henry kissinger in his new book "on china" when we come back. >> host: we are regional by former secretary of state dr henry kissinger who has a masterful new book out called quite simply "on china." dr. kissinger, let's talk about more current events, particularly as they relate to the united states relationship with china. it's very complicated now. i remember when it's working for president nixon in the early 1990s, he said it's interesting because when kissinger and i opened relations with china in the early '70s, it was all about strategic issues, which we talked about before the break. he said now in the early '90s he said now it's almost all about economics. i think now in the 21st century it's a combination of both, strategic and economic. when you look at china's incredibly rapid economic rise, are you stunned or are you surprised, or not at all? >> guest: i'm surprised, and so would nixon be in any of us who were in the original group that opened to china. when nixon -- when i had been to china but before nixon left, nixon invited the french who had been in china, to see what we could learn

please welcome henry kissinger. dr. kissinger, please don't get up, sir. right, sir, as i was explaining to my audience in the second act of the show there are some out there who may not know the stature of the man sitting before me. you have advised many presidents under diplomacy. you were secretary of state to both nixon and ford. you received the nobel peace prize for the paris peace accords in 1973. and you've got a presidential medal of freedom. you published numerous works on foreign relations and your new book is called "on china" >> right. >> stephen: what's it about? (laughter) it's about the relationship between china and the united states in the-- . >> stephen: i got a bone to pick with you about that. you helped open the door to china, okay. and when you left, you left the door open. you should have closed it when you left china because now china has gotten out into the world and they are a major competition. shouldn't i blame you for some of the rise of china? >> well, two things. when we first went into china it was a very under developed co

hears with former secretary of state henry kissinger former secretary of state on china when we come back. >> host: and we are rejoined by former secretary of state drhenry kissinger, who has a masterful new book called quite simply "on china." dr. kissinger, let's talk about more current events, particularly, as they relate to the united states relationship with china. it's very complicated now. i remember when i was working fopresident nixon in the early 1990s, he said, you know, monica, it's interesting when kissinger and i opened relations with china in the early '70s, it was all about strategic issues which we talked about before the break. he said, now in the early '90s, he said now it's almost all about economics. i think now in the 21st century, it's a combination of both. it's strategic and economic. when you look at china's incredibly rapid economic rise, are you stunned? are you surprised? or not at all? >> guest: no, no. i'm surprised and so would nixon be. any of us who were part of the group the group was open to china. when i had been to china but before nixon went, nixon invited the french novelist andre mulieu, who had been to china

dr. henry kissinger, and finally, how does president obama go from heads and shoulders above chancellor merkel to just about even? we'll show you. >>> now here's my take. those of you who watched the show last week know that i talked about the need to tackle america's unemployment crisis, 24 million americans unemployed or underemployed. well, i'm going to talk about this again, because it really is the crucial problem underlying all others. president obama has proposed a number of specific policies to tackle the jobs crisis but they have gone nowhere because republicans say that their top concern is the deficit and debt. well, those of you worried about the debt, i should say those of us because i would strongly include myself, let's please remember if unemployment doesn't go down fast, the deficit is going to get much worse. if you're serious about deficit reduction the single most important factor that will shrink it is to have working people and paying taxes. i want to focus on one of obama's proposals. it would add little to the deficit, it has some republican supporters and would have an

dr. henry kissinger whose masterful book is called "on china." i'm monica crowley. thank you for joining us today. >> that was "after words," booktv's signature program in which authors of the latest nonfiction books are interviewed by journalists, public policymakers, legislators and others familiar with their material. "after words" airs every weekend on booktv at 10:00 pm on saturday, 12:00 and 9:00 pm on sunday and 12:00 am on monday. you can also watch "after words" online. go to booktv.org and click on "after words" in the booktv series and topics list on the upper right side of the page. .. >> pride, how's it going? good. i should just begin by saying sometimes you just can't really trust the media. [laughter] >> i have no idea what you mean. >> and saying this for someone who comes from the media. we tend to oversimplify. i think we care more about -- we care more about the tension and conflict and last but not depth and complex. in saying this because judging by on 60 minutes -- a segment on 60 minute, you would think that, you know, your book is like somet

henry kissinger's book "on china." standard data rates apply. >> we are joined by former secretary of state henry kissinger who has a masterful book called quite simply "on china." dr. kissinger, let's talk about more current events, particularly as they relate to the united states relationship with china. it's very complicated now. i remember when i was working for president nixon in the early 1990's he said it's interesting because when kissinger and i opened relations with china in the early 70's it was all but strategic issues which we talked about before the break. she said in the early 90's it's almost all about economics. now in the 21st century is a combination of both, the strategic and economic. when you look at china's incredibly rapid economic rise, are used on or surprised or not at all? >> guest: i am surprised and so what mix in the in the group that opened to china. when nixon -- when i had been to china but before nixon went, he invited the french who had been in china to see what we could learn from that and lonrho said it's a desperately poor country, the most important thing you can do is to do it plan had to get the economic aid but he didn't w