"Ping-Pong Diplomacy"
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    • Thesis Statement
  • Conflicts
    • bamboo curtain
    • shifting alliances
  • exchange
    • Surprise Invitation
    • Goodwill Visits
  • compromise
    • People-to-people Diplomacy
    • Nixon's visit to China
    • conclusion
  • Research
    • Process Paper
    • Bibliography
  • Home
    • Thesis Statement
  • Conflicts
    • bamboo curtain
    • shifting alliances
  • exchange
    • Surprise Invitation
    • Goodwill Visits
  • compromise
    • People-to-people Diplomacy
    • Nixon's visit to China
    • conclusion
  • Research
    • Process Paper
    • Bibliography

Exchange in Sports

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“I was as surprised as I was pleased by this news. I had never expected that the China initiative would come to fruition in the form of a Ping-Pong team. We immediately approved the acceptance of the invitation, and the Chinese responded by granting visas to several western newsmen to cover the team‘s tour.”
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                                                                                                                                     - The Memories of Richard Nixon, 1978
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​"我只是一名乒乓球运动员,把乒乓球从球台这边打到球台那边,不时的下网和出界。真正把乒乓球从地球这边打到地球那边的是——毛主席、周总理、尼克松总统、基辛格博士……"
​"I am just a table tennis player who serves the ball and makes errors occasionally. The people who really moved the ball from one side of the Earth to another side were Chairman Mao, Minister Zhou, President Nixon and Doctor Kissinger..."
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- Chinese Table Tennis Player Zhuang Zedong's Diary. 2012
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Picture sources: [1]Department of Defense. Richard M. Nixon. The Catalog, catalog.archives.gov/id/ 530679 [2]Zhou Enlai. Baike, baike.baidu.com
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