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Ping Pong Diplomacy
Communist China's chairman Mao Tse tung sent a table tennis team to the world championships in Nagoya, Japan, and then invited an American team to compete in Japan in 1971. This small gesture paved the way for President Nixon's visit to China in February I972.
- Part of Speech: proper noun
- Industry/Domain: History
- Category: American history
- Company: University of Houston
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