Reflecting on 50th anniversary of ping-pong diplomacy on both sides of the Pacific amid stalemate in ties
By Wang Wenwen and Zhao Yusha Half a century ago, no one expected the visit of a group of American table tennis players to China would change the global landscape so dramatically.... Read More
Ping Pong Player Who Helped Bridge U.S.-China Diplomacy in 1971 Says ‘Nobody Should Boycott’ the 2022 Olympics
By Sean Neumann A boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing is not the right way to call attention to China’s mounting human rights violation, says one of the... Read More
50 Years Later, The Legacy Of U.S.-China ‘Pingpong Diplomacy’ Faces Challenges
By John Ruwitch Judy Hoarfrost remembers the day she walked into China a half-century ago. She was 15 and the youngest member of the U.S. pingpong team, which had been... Read More
Fifty years ago, a hippie, a dental assistant and a 15-year-old helped open China with ping pong
By Michael E. Ruane Judy Bochenski was 15, wore mini skirts, and had to ask her parents if it was ok to cross the border into Red China. John Tannehill... Read More
‘Ping Pong Diplomacy’ Celebrates 50 Years, Just As U.S., China Need It Again
By Scott McDonald 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... Read More
Ping Pong Diplomacy resonates a half century later
By Tim Dahlberg 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... Read More