The Origin of Ping-Pong Diplomacy: The Forgotten Architect of Sino-U.S. Rapprochement [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

Why and how did Japan Table Tennis Association President Goto Koji invited China to participate in the World Table Tennis Championships in Nagoya, Japan, in 1971 (the Nagoya World's)? Against strong opposition at home and abroad, Goto Koji created a stage for Premier Zhou Enlai to launch Ping-Pong Diplomacy, which changed world history forever, opening China's "bamboo curtain," paving the way for Sino-U.S. rapprochement in 1972 and for détente in East Asia, ending the Vietnam War.