Mao’s China · TURNING POINT ·
Ping-pong diplomacy (1971)
4 Apr 1971 — At the world championships in Nagoya, the American player Glenn Cowan boards the Chinese team’s bus and is greeted by its star, Zhuang Zedong. Days later Mao approves an invitation to the US team; on 14 April Zhou Enlai receives them in Beijing. Washington read the signal at once.
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- Sino-Soviet split and Nixon in China (chapter 11 of Mao’s China)
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- The People’s Republic under Mao, 1949–1976
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