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San Francisco Celebrates Ping Pong Diplomacy
“Ping Pong Diplomacy” Events Mark 40th Anniversary of China’s Re-Opening Original Players - Current Olympic/ World Champions Coming July 5, 6 [caption id="attachment_332" align="alignleft"...
Jun 22 2011
Ping Pong Diplomacy 1971
[caption id="attachment_245" align="alignright" width="278"] TIME Magazine Cover: US Table Tennis Team on Great Wall. April, 1971[/caption] Nothing had prepared the world for the startling...
Apr 30 2011
Table Tennis Plays a Role Again–30 Years of Diplomatic Relations
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Guangya (8th L) and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte (6th L) pose for a group photo...
Jan 15 2011
Ping-Pong Diplomacy: The Rematch at Nixon Library
Tim Boggan, author, and Judy Hoarfrost -- members of 1971 Ping Pong Diplomacy Team, 37 years later at the Ping Pong Diplomacy Rematch at...
Jun 21 2008
25th Anniversary of Ping-Pong Diplomacy
Ping Pong Diplomacy 25th Anniversary Celebration -- 1997 --By Judy Hoarfrost of Paddle Palace [caption id="attachment_56" align="alignright" width="300"] Henry Kissinger and Judy Hoarfrost[/caption] You...
Apr 13 1997
2020 Oregon State Championships
Article and Photos Courtesy of Tom Lackaff, Table Tennis Info The 2020 Oregon State Championships reflected both the durability of tradition and the inevitability...
Jan 01 1970
