BEIJING: Fifty years ago, with an unexpected yet fortunate encounter, Chinese and American ping-pong players broke through deeply entrenched ideological barriers and started a world-reshaping process that eventually recoupled their countries after 20 years of mutual hostility and isolation.
With a visible force in Washington now attemtping to decouple the two already closely intertwined major world players to the detriment of the global good, it bears particular significance to revisit the wonderful legacy and tap once again into the power of ping-pong diplomacy.
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