... of playing the powers off each other than it did with trying to influence the perceptions and emotions of Communist leaders. The documentary record suggests that it was only after Sino-American rapprochement had been set in motion in April-May 1971, with the Chinese Ping Pong diplomacy and the secret traffic...

... Decision Memorandum Yahya Khan U S China talks “Warsaw Meetings” “Warsaw Meetings” U S China talks Central Intelligence Agency CIA Pakistan signaling “four marshals” report strategic planning Chen Yi diplomacy Ping Pong diplomacy National Security Study Memorandum Hilaly Agha Saunders Harold...

... of the similarities between classical Greece and China and proceeds to trace the course of China’s encounter with the West through sports up to the present. Western sports were introduced into East Asia by the YMCA, but China turned them to its own goals during Ping Pong Diplomacy. The pursuit of Olympic medals made...

... motives, international calculations, or personal ambition. Other breakthroughs discussed in this chapter are ping-pong diplomacy and the Soviets' decision to accelerate the détente process. China People's Republic of PRC Haig Alexander China and Hilaly Agha Kissinger and the People's Republic of China...

...A decade before official 'ping pong diplomacy', leaders in the People's Republic of China (PRC) used sports delegation visits to cultivate diplomatic relations with recently decolonized nations. In the early 1960s, the Sino-Soviet split, the rise of various Afro-Asian movements, and decolonization...

... willingness for a more amicable relation. Such considerations led to ping-pong diplomacy, and to the Nixon-Mao summit of 1972. In the United Nations, the PRC assumed China’s seat. The new PRC-US strategic partnership was put into operation against India during the 1971 India-Pakistan war; Washington used its...