print email comment close Ping-Pong Diplomacy URL: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/pingpong.html Description: This brief article discusses the era of "ping-pong diplomacy," which started in 1971 when the U.S. table tennis team "got a surprise invitation from their Chinese colleagues to visit the People's Republic. Time magazine called it 'The ping heard round the world.' And with good reason: no group of Americans had been invited to China since the Communist takeover in 1949." Discusses events that followed during the administration of President Richard Nixon. From Smithsonian Magazine. Author: DeVoss, David A. Publisher: Smithsonian Magazine Extra Keywords U.S. China relations Library of Congress Subject Headings: Table tennis United States -- Foreign relations -- China LII Database Information: Record 21100 created by Jennifer English on 04/03/2006 Last modification on 11/30/2007 Published: 04/06/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21100