Continuing the theme of “Friendship First, Competition Second”, just over one week after the Americans had departed Beijing in April 1971 and had landed home safely, an official communique was received from China. The message confirmed they were pleased to accept the invitation extended by Graham Steenhoven, the President of the United States Table Tennis […]
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On the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the ping-pong diplomacy, Chinese and US veteran table tennis players recalled the memories of the visit by US table tennis players to China in 1971 and looked back to how a bouncing ball helped embark in a historical thaw among two powers that had almost zero contact during the Cold War.