2021-04-09 02:35:31 GMT2021-04-09 10:35:31(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
by Xinhua writers Yang Shilong, Hu Yousong
WASHINGTON, April 9 (Xinhua) The United States and China need to continue to play ping pong with each other and invest more in the foundation of their consequential bilateral relationship, a leading U.S. expert on China has said.
Talking about the Ping-Pong Diplomacy that helped break the ice between China and the United States, and referring to it as one of the powerful breakthroughs in the early 1970s, Daniel B. Wright, founder, president and CEO of GreenPoint Group said in a recent interview with Xinhua that both sides have benefited from that vision as a way to pierce through the wall by playing ping pong together.
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