In February 1972, US president Richard Nixon defied conventional foreign policy wisdom when he arrived in Beijing for meetings with Chinese leader Mao Zedong ... start of ping-pong diplomacy ...

It helped to pave the way for a meeting in China between Chairman Mao Zedong and President Richard Nixon the following year. The president’s brother, Ed Nixon, says the ping pong tournament ...

That match laid the groundwork for the visit of U.S. President Richard Nixon in 1972 and ... I didn’t know what Chairman Mao was thinking. I was merely a ping-pong player. Zhuang won three ...

It's been 50 years since the U.S. and China engaged in "Ping Pong Diplomacy ... President Nixon thought engagement with China could help end the Vietnam War. And Chinese leader Mao Zedong ...

Village Roadshow Pictures has set Patrick Burleigh and Will Widger to write “Ping Pong Diplomacy ... the historic summit between Richard Nixon and Mao Zedong, the first of its kind in ...

Nixon visited China and met with Mao on the day of his arrival in Beijing. A communique signed in shanghai was publicized by the two countries on the 27th. The "ping pong diplomacy" led to the ...

We knew that was significant." Nixon, his Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Zhou and Mao had been communicating behind the scenes. But ping-pong pushed the agenda. "I think we were just in the ...

Mao Zedong reportedly said ... end to a 20-year trade embargo against China. This “ping-pong diplomacy” paved the way for President Nixon’s historic China visit in 1972 and the eventual ...

That match laid the groundwork for the visit of U.S. President Richard Nixon in 1972 and ... I didn’t know what Chairman Mao was thinking. I was merely a ping-pong player. Zhuang won three ...

Today marks the 50th anniversary of Ping-Pong diplomacy ... President Nixon thought engagement with China could help end the Vietnam War. And Chinese leader Mao Zedong knew that isolation and ...