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'Ping-pong diplomats' reexperience the moment
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-02-25 14:44

 

Tim Boggan, a member of the original US team that took part in 'Ping-pong diplomacy' in 1971, shows an old copy of Time magzine with a cover story on the Sino-US 'Ping-pong diplomacy' during a press conference in South China's Guangzhou Feb. 24, 2008. At the event, Li Ning, a Chinese sportswear company, announced it will sponsor the US national table tennis team for the next five years. [Xinhua]
Tim Boggan, a member of the US table tennis team that participated in the renowned "Ping-pong diplomacy" which helped pave the way for the normalization of Sino-US relations in 1971, shows an old copy of Time magzine with a cover story on the "Ping-pong diplomacy" during a press conference in South China's Guangzhou Feb. 24, 2008. At the event, Li Ning, a Chinese sportswear company, announced it will sponsor the US national table tennis team for the next five years. [Xinhua]
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