By Yang Jiechi |
China Daily |
Updated: 2021-04-29 09:54
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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 countries.