Who granted China MFN status? It was Clinton. Talking with is different from selling out to. Anyway, Kissinger is a favorite whipping boy for the left. Besides, what control did Kissinger have over Wall Street, European, and Japanese business? Zero. His job was to work for international peace with an American advantage. Before the (bipartisan) transactions described in the
Cox report happened, we did have a strong advantage over China - as Nixon left office. Why blame him for what the Democrats and even some Republicans have done since? It's a cheap shot.
The left always blames the Machiavellian choices America and its allies have been forced to make on some moral inferiority on our part. They always forget the forces with which we have been dealing -- and how hard they have been to defeat.
India just chose the wrong path, as expedient as it may have been. We've forgiven, but we sure haven't forgotten.