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 eyes of the world shifted to the ...

Judy Hoarfrost, a member of the famed U.S. "Ping Pong Diplomacy" team in the 1970s, tells PEOPLE sports can help heal geopolitical tensions A boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing is not the ...

If you follow China-U.S. relations, you’ve probably heard of “ping-pong diplomacy” – referring to the historic trip by an American table tennis team to China in April 1971. That set the stage for an ...

On April 6, 1971, history was made when China invited the U.S. table tennis team to play in the Asian country. They were the first Americans that were allowed in China since the communist takeover in ...

Former US national team members Connie Sweeris and her husband Dell Sweeris recall their experiences with ping-pong diplomacy at a forum marking the 54th anniversary of the exchange and the 46th ...

An ancient dam, pandas and ping-pong: French leader Emmanuel Macron concluded his fourth state visit to China on Friday, striking a more relaxed note in the city of Chengdu after tough discussions on ...

Ping-pong in space? Sounds awesome. But footage shared by Chinese media of astronaut Deng Qingming whacking a ball around in the country’s Tiangong is frankly very puzzling. The ball always returns to ...