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China tells US it wants more cooperation as it marks 50th anniversary of ‘ping pong diplomacy’




The Chinese ambassador to the US Cui Tiankui has celebrated the 50th anniversary of the unlikely sports exchange known as “ping-pong diplomacy” by urging the two countries to revive the spirit of the occasion.In 1971, at the world table tennis world championships in Japan, the Chinese team surprised the American athletes with an invitation to play in China.The two countries had had no diplomatic or economic relations for more than two decades since the establishment of the People’s Republic and…



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