POST COLD WAR WORLD
RISE OF CHINA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Ping-Pong diplomacy
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Sino-US détente
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The popularity of the game in China was notable for giving rise to so-called “Ping-Pong diplomacy, ” a period during the 1970s in which Cold War tensions between China and the United States were eased via a series of highly publicized table tennis matches between athletes from the two countries.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ping-pong diplomacy was successful and resulted in opening the U.S.-PRC relationship, leading the U.S. to lift the embargo against China on June 10, 1971. On February 28, 1972, during President Nixon and Henry Kissinger’s visit to Shanghai, the Shanghai Communiqué was issued between the U.S. and the PRC.
Detailed explanation-3: -Chinese three-time world champion Ping-Pong player Zhuang Zedong (left) presented a Yellow Mountain silk weaving art piece to American athlete Glenn Cowan (right) on April 4, 1971.
Detailed explanation-4: -Forrest Gump learned to play ping-pong while recovering from a gunshot wound in Vietnam. He quickly mastered the sport, fascinating his peers and eventually being sent to play in China on the All-American Ping-Pong Team as part of the ping-pong diplomacy program.