'Ping pong diplomacy' celebrated as China, U.S. play ball
![In 1971, a U.S. ping-pong team visited China after years of estrangement and antagonism between the two countries, opening the door for the China-U.S. people-to-people contacts. [Rao Aimin/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090108/000bcdb95f1d0acf9a3e10.jpg "In 1971, a U.S. ping-pong team visited China after years of estrangement and antagonism between the two countries, opening the door for the China-U.S. people-to-people contacts. [Rao Aimin/Xinhua]") |
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Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Guangya (8th L) and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte (6th L) pose for a group photo during the Friendship Ping-pong Match marking the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the China-U.S. diplomatic relations, at the State General Administration of Sport in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 7, 2009. In 1971, a U.S. ping-pong team visited China after years of estrangement and antagonism between the two countries, opening the door for the China-U.S. people-to-people contacts. [Rao Aimin/Xinhua] |
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