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Ping-Pong Diplomacy Veterans Hope for Stronger China-US Ties
Veterans of the historic 1970s ping-pong diplomacy exchanges between China and the United States are voicing hope that relations between the two countries can improve. Their appeal recalls how a simple table tennis tour helped thaw decades of hostility and led to renewed contacts between Beijing and Washington. The former players are calling on both governments to draw on that spirit of goodwill at a time when bilateral ties remain strained over trade, technology and security disputes.
Why now: China-US relations are under strain, making symbolic appeals from figures tied to a famous episode of rapprochement newsworthy.
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- Ping-pong diplomacy veterans hope for stronger China-US ties · bastillepost.com
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