By Yang Jiechi | China Daily | Updated: 2021-04-29 09:54 Share CLOSE Chinese and U.S. players participate in a friendly ping-pong match in Shanghai on April 10. That day was the 50th anniversary of China-U.S. Ping-Pong Diplomacy. [GAO ERQIANG/CHINA DAILY]
In Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of China-U.S. Ping-Pong Diplomacy
Yang Jiechi
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of China-U.S. Ping-Pong diplomacy. In April 1971, the U.S. table tennis team, which was attending the 31st World Table Tennis Championships in Nagoya, Japan, paid a visit to China at the invitation of the Chinese table tennis team. One year later, the Chinese team made a return visit to the United States. During the visits, both teams were warmly welcomed and received by each other s country and people. The two sides enabled the little ball to move the big ball, thus thawing the ice of over two decades of estrangement between the two countrie
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Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian s Regular Press Conference on March 17, 2021
2021/03/17
Macau Monthly: On Thursday, the US and China will have a high-level dialogue in Anchorage, Alaska. It is reported that the US will engage with China with an increasingly strong hand and will express deep concern over China s actions on a series of issues including human rights. What s your comment?
Zhao Lijian: We noticed the messages released by the US side recently as the high-level strategic dialogue draws near. China will also make clear its position in this dialogue. We believe it is crystal clear to the US side that China is resolved in safeguarding its sovereignty, security and development interests.
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin s Regular Press Conference on March 3, 2021
2021/03/03
Bloomberg: According to Gallup poll results, favorable views of China in the United States hit a new low. Does the foreign ministry have any comment on the negative views of China?
Wang Wenbin: I ve noticed that lately there have been many polls on China-US relations. Some results suggest that a considerable number of respondents in the United States believe people-to-people and cultural exchanges with China should be maintained and 72 percent support active U.S. cooperation with China on climate governance.
I d like to stress that the Chinese and American people always have friendly sentiments towards each other. This underpinning friendship brings vitality to bilateral relations. However, the previous U.S. administration and anti-China forces in the United States, driven by ideological bias and selfish political gains, flagrantly smeared and maligned China, provoked confrontation an