By Xu Wei | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-04-24 20:03 Share CLOSE An activity in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Ping-Pong diplomacy is held in Beijing, April 24, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
Officials, scholars and former athletes celebrated the 50th anniversary of Ping-Pong diplomacy between China and the United States Saturday as they urged the two nations to pass on its spirit, manage differences and bolster exchanges.
The celebration, held by the Chinese People s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, General Administration of Sports and China-US Friendship Association, was attended by over 400 participants, including Ping-Pong players who took part in the events 50 years ago and China s basketball chief Yao Ming.
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Freeman Chair in China Studies
Jude Blanchette holds the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Previously, he was engagement director at The Conference Board’s China Center for Economics and Business in Beijing, where he researched China’s political environment with a focus on the workings of the Communist Party of China and its impact on foreign companies and investors. Prior to working at The Conference Board, Blanchette was the assistant director of the 21st Century China Center at the University of California, San Diego.
Blanchette has written for a range of publications, including
Hank Greenberg Fast Facts
Personal
Birth place: New York, New York
Birth name: Maurice Raymond Greenberg
Father: Jacob Greenberg
Education: University of Miami, B.A., 1948; New York Law School, LL.B., 1950
Military: US Army, Captain
Awarded the Legion of Honor from France.
Vice chairman of the National Committee on United States-China Relations.
Timeline
1960 – Is hired as a vice president for the insurance-holding company C.V. Starr & Co., Inc.
1968 – C.V. Starr & Co., Inc. begins distributing some the firm’s subsidiaries in order to raise capital to establish American International Group, Inc. (AIG). Greenberg becomes the Chairman and CEO of AIG.