In April 1971, at the height of the Cold War, a group of ping pong players became the first Americans to visit Communist China. Their successful trip is often credited for reviving diplomatic relations between the two countries, who hadnt been in contact for 22 years. Less than a year after the outbreak of so-called ping pong diplomacy, Richard Nixon travelled to Beijing as the first US president to visit the Peoples Republic of China. - BBC News scty.asia/1cZbzuk
Posted on: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 22:00:19 +0000
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