＂Ping-Pong Diplomacy＂

The scene was the 31st World Table Tennis Championships held in Nagoya.Japan from March 28 to April 7,1971.On the afternon following the lounch of the competition,American player Glenn Cowan missed his team＇s bus after practice,and stood at a loss in the training area.At that moment the Chinese team offered his a litt to the competition venue.During this shuttle bus run,Chinese player Zhuang Zedong greeted his,presenting him with a small giff.This friendly gesture won the attention of the international media.     

Timeline of Ping-Pong Diplomacy

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The Power of Ping-Pong Diplomacy

Fifty years ago,when the People's Republic of China(PRC)and the United States had not yet established diplomatic relations but were keen to do so,a tiny table tennis ball created the first friendly people-to-people link since the founding of the PRC in 1949.American players,along with officials and journalists,arrived in China in April 1971 to take part in exhibi?tion matches,opening the door to friendly exchanges between the two major powers in the eastern and western hemispheres.     

Thirtieth Anniversary of Ping-Pong Diplomacy Marked

The year 2001 marks the 30th anniversary of the “ping-pong diplomacy” between China andthe United States. The CPAFFC held a receptionon the evening of March 18 at the Diaoyutai StateGuest House to commemorate this important eventin Sino-US relations and to further promote theirhealthy and steady development. Present at thereception were Chinese Vice Premier LiLanqing, Dr. Henry Kissinger and his party.Huang Hua, former vice chairman of theStanding Committee of the National People'sCongress; Liu Huaqiu, minister of the ForeignAffairs Office of the CPC Central Committee; LiZhaoxing, vice foreign minister; Yuan Weimin, di-rector of the State General Administration of Sport;     

Meeting Marks Publication of Memoirs on Ping-Pong Diplomacy

The year 2011 marked the 40th anniversary of the Ping-Pong Diplomacy that was a symbolicturning point in Sino-American relations. The late Chairman Mao Ze-dong, Premier Zhou Enlai and other Chinese     

Spring Diplomacy

<正>Whirlwind tour of South Asia boosts China’s neighborly ties As the spillover effects of the Ukraine crisis continue to spread and world peace and development are facing new challenges, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi made a visit to Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and Nepal in March, aiming to enhance mutual trust and consolidate traditional friendship and cooperation.     

Wushu Diplomacy

One day, the doctor discovered the child who hadbeen watching him. They became good friends and the doctor becameBendza's first wushu and Chinese language teacher.     

Punk Power Diplomacy

A breezy stage in the moun- tains of far-north Nor- way on a summer night is an unlikely launch pad for an unlikely Chi- nese musical career. But when Beijing punk band SUBS belted out their back catalogue at the Oya Festival under a midnight sun last year they won over hearts and minds across Scandinavia’s fjord-carved kingdom. So much so that when the band went back for a second tour this year they sold out some of Norway’s top rock clubs. That Norway fell for a punk band that most pe…     

Crunch Time Diplomacy

正When Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi paid an official visit to Washington,D.C.on February 23-25 at the invitation of U.S.Secretary of State John Kerry,reporters and foreign policy analysts were watching with anticipation.What would the result of the meetings be,their third in just one month?What     

Diplomacy Still Matters

The departure from London of Madam Fu Ying, China's Ambassador to the UK for the past three years, to take up a new post in Beijing was a reminder of the often low-profile but key work that diplomats still do.     

Public Diplomacy Mission

China seeks to boost its public image globally China feels the need to urgently make up for lost time in a field it is unfamiliar with-public diplomacy.While most developed countries such as the United States,Japan and European countries have established mature systems of public diplomacy,China’s public diplomacy is still in its     

Diplomacy in Action

<正>Xi visits Viet Nam and Singapore in regional swing China has always attached great importance to its relations with nations in Southeast Asia,as demonstrated most recently by two high-profile visits of President Xi Jinping to Viet Nam and Singapore on November 5-7.His mission was to deepen political and economic ties and strengthen relations between China and these important     

科学与外交

科学和外交的充分实践已经使得人类社会发展成为一个近乎全球性的整体。可是,科学和外交这两者赫然存在的历史因果关系以及科学与外交相互之间产生的巨大影响,至目前为止,学术界虽早已充分注意到但未有学术深论。本文试图从分析科学和外交同时产生在近代欧洲这一历史事实出发,找出科学与外交内在的历史和逻辑联系,并回答科学与外交之间相互所产生的具体影响。     

Diplomacy as Usual

<正>Trump brushes up U.S.policy on the Middle East with his first trip abroad U.S.President Donald Trump chose Saudi Arabia,the most important U.S.ally in the Gulf area,as the first stop of his maiden trip abroad since he took office in January.In the past,other U.S.presidents would normally make their first foreign trip to a European or American     

Art 2.0

<正>A new media art project concerns itself with the distinctive characteristics of the Chinese Internet ‘Shake your head with the cat."It may take a moment to realize what the words mean.The cat in question is frozen on the screen.Then the Internet catches up and the white feline begins waving its head back and forth.The way its whiskers bounce is     

Encyclopedia 2.0

正Online resources are gaining popularity but also raising concerns over the reliability of the information on them By Yuan Yuan Paraxylene,also known as PX,is an important but controversial chemical product for industrial use,and has become a topic of debate on the back of protests in Maoming,south China’s Guangdong Province,over