Mao’s China · TURNING POINT ·
Ping-pong diplomacy (1971)
4 Apr 1971 — At the world championships in Nagoya, American player Glenn Cowan boards the Chinese team’s bus, where its star, Zhuang Zedong, greets him. Days later, Mao approves an invitation to the US team. Zhou Enlai receives the visitors in Beijing on 14 April, and Washington reads the signal at once.
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- The People’s Republic under Mao, 1949–1976
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