Source: China State Council Information Office
A special event was held on Saturday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Ping-Pong Diplomacy between China and the United States.
At the conclusion of the 31st World Championships in Nagoya, Japan, at the invitation of the Chinese table tennis team, the U.S. table tennis team arrived on April 10, 1971, to commence their visit to China, becoming the first U.S. group to visit since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.
The Chinese team paid a return visit the following year. The mutual visits broke the ice in two decades of estranged Sino-U.S. relations and eventually led to the normalization of bilateral ties.
50th anniversary of China-US ping-pong diplomacy celebrated in Shanghai
Huang Lanlan in Shanghai Published: Apr 10, 2021 09:23 PM
Photo: Chen Xia/GT
A commemorative event to mark the 50th anniversary of ping-pong diplomacy, a milestone in the history of the China-US relations that once mildly and smartly broke the ice for the two powerful countries, was held in Shanghai on Saturday.
April 10, 1971 was the day when the US table tennis delegation arrived in Beijing and started its visit to China on China’s invitation, prior to which the two countries had no official contact at all for more than two decades. Chinese table tennis players conducted a same visit to the US the next year.
2021-04-10 09:35:40 GMT2021-04-10 17:35:40(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
SHANGHAI, April 10 (Xinhua) A special event was held here on Saturday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Ping-Pong Diplomacy between China and the United States.
At the conclusion of the 31st World Championships in Nagoya, Japan, at the invitation of the Chinese table tennis team, the U.S. table tennis team arrived on April 10, 1971, to commence their visit to China, becoming the first U.S. group to visit since the founding of the People s Republic of China in 1949.
The Chinese team paid a return visit the following year. The mutual visits broke the ice in two decades of estranged Sino-U.S. relations and eventually led to the normalization of bilateral ties.
Xinhua | Updated: 2021-04-10 17:29 Share CLOSE
SHANGHAI - A special event was held here on Saturday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Ping-Pong Diplomacy between China and the United States.
At the conclusion of the 31st World Championships in Nagoya, Japan, at the invitation of the Chinese table tennis team, the US table tennis team arrived on April 10, 1971, to commence their visit to China, becoming the first US group to visit since the founding of the People s Republic of China in 1949.
The Chinese team paid a return visit the following year. The mutual visits broke the ice in two decades of estranged Sino-US relations and eventually led to the normalization of bilateral ties.
By:Wu Qiong,Wang Jiaye,Jiang Meiqing | 2021-03-29 09:46
Together with the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, renowned pianist Lang Lang and conductor Tang Muhai presented a stunning concert on March 26, connecting Chinese and foreign hearts with music.
The concert was held in celebration of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday at the Nine Trees Future Art Center in Fengxian District in south Shanghai. A relay concert of piano masters from the world was also kicked off the same day.
Nearly 100 people from 22 countries attended the event.
“In China, Ludwig van Beethoven’s melodies are known to almost every household. In ‘Für Elise’ and ‘Moonlight Sonata’, we taste the sweet and sour of love; from ‘Destiny Symphony’, we gain the power to survive and move forward; and ‘Ode to Joy’ is the ultimate tribute to unity and the brotherhood of mankind,” said Sha Hailin, president of the SPAFFC (Shanghai People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countri