{"id":30854,"date":"2009-01-07T22:42:07","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T05:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=30854"},"modified":"2009-01-08T11:40:25","modified_gmt":"2009-01-08T18:40:25","slug":"ping-pong-match-commemorates-ping-pong-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/01\/ping-pong-match-commemorates-ping-pong-diplomacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Ping Pong Match Commemorates Ping Pong Diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today marks 30 years since a ping-pong tournament broke the ice between the U.S. and China, paving the way to diplomatic relations. The occasion was marked in Beijing with a rematch. <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.foreignpolicy.com\/node\/14987\">From the Foreign Policy blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/images2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/images2-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ping pong\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/images2-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/images2.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> [Photo from Foreign Policy blog]<\/p>\n<p>In April 1971, China invited the U.S. table-tennis team to visit in what Time magazine called &#8220;the ping heard round the world.&#8221; One of the Americans was then 15-year-old Judy Bochenski Hoarfrost, right, who returned today to play veteran Chinese player Qi Baoxiang, left. The 1971 visit launched an era of &#8220;Ping-Pong diplomacy,&#8221; and according to Time, &#8220;Probably never before in history has a sport been used so effectively as a tool of international diplomacy.&#8221; Obviously, with the 2008 Beijing Olympics, it hasn&#8217;t been the only time China has used sports to try to improve its image.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>See also reports from <a href=\"http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2009-01\/07\/content_10619897.htm\">Xinhua<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/voanews.com\/english\/2009-01-07-voa9.cfm\">VOA<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today marks 30 years since a ping-pong tournament broke the ice between the U.S. and China, paving the way to diplomatic relations. The occasion was marked in Beijing with a rematch. 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