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Bookmark or Share- Ping-Pong Diplomacy | SmithsonianPing-Pong Diplomacy. Blending statecraft and sport, table tennis matches between American and Chinese athletes set the stage for Nixon’s breakthrough with the People’s...
- 50 Years Ago: Ping-Pong Diplomacy Changed the WorldTable tennis is played with a ball that weighs a mere ninety-ve thousandths of an ounce, but the sport has had a weighty impact on U.S.-China relations. April is the 50th anniversary of the start of what became known as “ping-pong diplomacy.”. When 15 U.S. table tennis players, officials and spouses entered China from Hong Kong on April 10 ...
- Ping-pong diplomacy - WikipediaPing-pong diplomacy (Chinese: 乒乓外交; pinyin: Pīngpāng wàijiāo) refers to the exchange of table tennis (ping-pong) players between the United States and the People's Republic of China in the early 1970s.
- The Myths and Realities of Ping-Pong Diplomacy - History Today‘Ping-pong diplomacy’ has become a powerful example of cooperation trumping hostility – but we should take care to separate myth from reality as we invoke its memory. The 1971 breakthrough in US-China relations did not happen by chance.
- The Beginning of Ping-Pong Diplomacy: A Surprise InvitationTheir trip was the start of what became known as “ping-pong diplomacy” and helped lay the groundwork for establishing official diplomatic relations between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.
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