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Ping-Pong Diplomacy is alive and well in Portland! Paddle Palace Club had the honor of hosting a distinguished delegation from the Chinese Consulate in...

The story of "ping pong diplomacy," and the people-to-people links which grew from it. In 1971 a small group of U.S. table tennis players...

https://youtu.be/BQO8nFL5O_k Judy Hoarfrost, youngest member of the 1971 U.S. Table Tennis team, reflected on the historic trip to China which became known as “Ping...

We had a great day time of playing table tennis at Paddle Palace Club in Portland, Oregon on April 6, 2022! Thanks to all...

Exactly 50 years after the original Ping Pong Diplomacy event, Ping Pong Diplomacy has continued gathering more momentum as a program led by the...

Hosting the Winter Olympics amid a pandemic is challenging, but "we need to have that human connection and have athleticism”, says Judy Hoarfrost, a...

By May Zhou (China Daily Global) Three Americans involved in "Ping-Pong Diplomacy'' 50 years ago discussed the significance of the matches then and now...

By Wang Wenwen and Zhao Yusha (Global Times) Half a century ago, no one expected the visit of a group of American table tennis...

By Sean Neumann (People Magazine) A boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing is not the right way to call attention to China's...