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Pickleball emerges as a bridge for China-US youth friendship

Original: Pickleball becomes a new bridge for China-US youth friendship

Pickleball, one of the fastest-growing sports in the United States, is being used as a new way to build people-to-people ties between young people in China and the US. Shared matches and exchanges around the sport are being framed as informal diplomacy, giving youth from both countries a common activity and a way to connect despite broader political tensions.

Why now: People are interested in soft-power and cultural exchange stories linking the US and China at a time of strained bilateral relations.

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