When Henry Kissinger popped up in an ornate meeting room in Beijing in July with Xi Jinping, China's leader, the episode became the most vivid symbol of the former diplomat and business consultant's ability through the decades to put himself next to centers of power.
For decades following his roles as national security adviser and secretary of state in the Nixon and Ford administrations, Mr. Kissinger oversaw a lucrative business consultancy that relied on his name recognition and his contacts with senior American and foreign officials.
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