2021.11.23 12:29 GMT+8

World champion recalls China-U.S. ping-pong diplomacy 50 years ago

Updated 2021.11.23 12:29 GMT+8
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With the 2021 world table tennis championships set to take place in Houston in the U.S. state of Texas, we look back at when the 31st world championships in Nagoya, Japan 50 years ago, and how a chance encounter between Chinese and American players helped bring the nations closer during a time of heightened tension.

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