Fifty years ago, Chinese leader Mao ... can work together in the competition; so that fans from both countries can cheer them on, opening a new chapter of Ping Pong Diplomacy in this new era ...

"Ping-Pong allows me to meet more Chinese people. Just being in this ... unity -- a place where table tennis transcended mere competition and became a symbol of hope and understanding.

Doubles teams, each including one player from UVA and one from Fudan University, play ping-pong in Shanghai, China. Credit ... to avoid giving the competition an adversarial tint.

Before the competition began, Zhou briefed the team at length on ... There’s still debate over the extent to which China’s ping-pong diplomacy was a happy accident, or a masterfully planned act of ...

It was meant to be the moment of his dreams as the ping pong champion secured his first-ever Olympic gold medal. But it quickly turned to tears for Chinese world number one Wang Chuqin after an ...

After a probationary period of 5 years, China’s table tennis sports officials are allowing Wang Hao, the men’s singles world champion, to date a fellow athlete. From The Guardian: After ...

The move was praised as "Ping-Pong diplomacy" by the international ... the US team expressed its wish to visit China afterwards; and on April 6, when competitions were drawing to a close, Chairman ...

After other competitions in China this year such as football’s ... Zhuang Zedong in the US in 1972, a year after the “ping pong diplomacy” trip.Credit: AP As they seek to expand the game ...

Tracey Holmes 'A crowd of 8,000 people' The 1971 ping-pong tour wasn ... in friendship first, competition second.” Noel Shorter (left) shaking hands with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai in 1971.