Guo said the influence of ping-pong diplomacy continues to resonate today. "The spark lit by a ping-pong ball more than 50 ...

They were an unlikely group of trailblazing diplomats, including the 15-year-old who knew only that China was a big country filled with communists — and really good pingpong players. Tossed into the ...

Village Roadshow Pictures Asia is playing ping-pong, adapting Nicholas Griffin’s “Ping-Pong Diplomacy” as a movie with Story Mining & Supply Co. producing. The project is in the early stages of ...

Even though University of Virginia’s China Office Director Justin O’Jack had never before played table tennis, he knew that this invitation to a ping-pong match could not be missed. The match was to ...

It's been 50 years since the U.S. and China engaged in "Ping Pong Diplomacy" - opening dialogue by having teams compete in the table top games. 'Ping Pong Diplomacy's' Legacy Challenged, 50 Years ...

As Beijing and Washington look to resurrect people-to-people diplomacy, a group of 12 American college students headed to China to play ping-pong. Stephen Mull, vice provost for global affairs at UVA, ...

The best table tennis players in the world descended upon Japan in March of 1971, all looking for championships. Shortly after the tournament ended in April, the eyes of the world shifted to the ...

Never mind high-pressure peace talks that fail amid the looming threat of warfare. Try wrestling or ping-pong diplomacy instead. For the first time in years, North Korean and South Korean officials ...

It's been 50 years since the U.S. and China engaged in "Ping Pong Diplomacy" - opening dialogue by having teams compete in the table top games. Today marks the 50th anniversary of Ping-Pong diplomacy.

Please join us for a star-studded, one-of-a-kind celebration of the 40th anniversary of "Ping Pong Diplomacy." See some of the original players – from both the US and the People's Republic of China ...

Today marks the 50th anniversary of Ping-Pong diplomacy. That's when the U.S. table tennis team went to China for exhibition games at the height of the Cold War. Their trip changed history. But half a ...