Podcasts about ping pong diplomacy

When did we start playing Ping Pong? Why is it an Olympic sport? How did Ping Pong Diplomacy work? Answers to these questions and MORE in this episode of Be More Specific! Show notes, photos, and more on bemorespecific.org

What if a simple game of ping pong could alter the course of history? In this first 2025 episode of Sportly, host Kavitha Davidson takes you on a journey through the unexpected story of how a 19-year-old American table tennis player and a chance encounter on a bus led to one of the most pivotal moments in U.S.-China relations: ping pong diplomacy. From cultural exchanges to breaking Cold War ice, this story reveals the power of sports to bridge divides and foster global connections. We'll also uncover other iconic examples of sports diplomacy, from the 1964 Tokyo Olympics to baseball bridging U.S.-Cuba relations. Tune in to discover how sports can serve as a surprising yet powerful tool for peace and politics. Host: Kavitha A. Davison | Producers: Saadia Khan & Shei Yu I Content Writers: Jonathan Hazel, Shei Yu & Kavitha A. Davidson I Sound Designer & Editor: Paroma Chakravarty I Immigrantly Theme Music: Simon Hutchinson | Other Music: Epidemic Sound | Cover Art Graphic Designer: Sarah DiMichele Join us as we create new intellectual engagement for our audience. You can get more information at http://immigrantlypod.com. Please share the love and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts & Spotify to help more people find us!  Remember to subscribe to our Apple podcast channel for insightful podcasts.  Follow us on social media for updates and behind-the-scenes content. You can reach the host, Kavitha, at kavitha@immigrantlypod.com Follow us on TikTok @immigrantlypodcast IG @immigrantlymedia Sportly is an Immigrantly Media Production For advertising inquiries, you can contact us at info@immigrantlypod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ping-Pong Diplomacy played a pivotal role in normalizing diplomatic relations between China and the United States. Now 45 years later, ties between the two countries have become one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world. Can we expect improvement to the relationship in this crucial election year in the United States? Is it still possible to manage differences?

A group of students from University of Virginia, the United States, visited China on a tour of youth exchanges and sports diplomacy in January 2024. Playing ping-pong (table tennis) games with their Chinese counterparts, visiting the Great Wall, and watching Peking Opera, the students are seen as re-enacting the historic 1971 Ping-Pong Diplomacy between China and the United States. Follow Footprints' reporter Yushan and hear what these U.S. students have to say about their experiences in China.

Members of Australia's ping-pong diplomacy team from the 1970s, who helped paved the way for diplomatic relations between Australia and China, are returning to Beijing this week marking 50 years since Australia's first embassy in China was opened, plus the role of diplomacy in Australian sport, and the emergence of AI in global sports integrity investigations

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April 10, 1971. A team of ping pong players leaves Hong Kong to step across a border and become the first group of Americans welcomed to China in over 20 years. These competitors find themselves becoming unlikely diplomats at the center of a media frenzy, and at the heart of one of the 20th century's major geopolitical shifts. How did table tennis turn into a powerful tool of foreign policy? And how did these athletes leave an impact that went far beyond the ping pong table?Special thanks to our guests: professional table tennis athletes Judy Hoarfrost, Olga Soltesz, and Connie Sweeris; Yafeng Xia, senior professor of social science at Long Island University Brooklyn, and author of Negotiating with the Enemy: U.S.-China Talks during the Cold War, 1949-1972; and Nicholas Griffin, author of Ping Pong Diplomacy: The Secret History Behind the Game That Changed the World. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

April 10th, 1971. To thaw relations between the countries, the US table tennis team arrives in the People's Republic of China, marking the start of what will become known as “Ping Pong Diplomacy.”Go to HistoryDaily.com for more history, daily.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

April 10, 1971. A team of ping pong players leaves Hong Kong to step across a border and become the first group of Americans welcomed to China in over 20 years. These competitors find themselves becoming unlikely diplomats at the center of a media frenzy, and at the heart of one of the 20th century's major geopolitical shifts. How did table tennis turn into a powerful tool of foreign policy? And how did these athletes leave an impact that went far beyond the ping pong table?Special thanks to our guests: professional table tennis athletes Judy Hoarfrost, Olga Soltesz, and Connie Sweeris; Yafeng Xia, senior professor of social science at Long Island University Brooklyn, and author of Negotiating with the Enemy: U.S.-China Talks during the Cold War, 1949-1972; and Nicholas Griffin, author of Ping Pong Diplomacy: The Secret History Behind the Game That Changed the World. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Over the past few years, we have marked the 50th anniversaries of official visits to China by then National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger and President Richard Nixon. Historians have scrutinized the records of their conversations with Chinese leaders, but less attention has been given to people-to-people exchange that began with “ping-pong diplomacy.” Based on archival sources in China and the United States and numerous interviews, Pete Millwood argues in Improbable Diplomats that the significance of cultural and scientific exchanges goes beyond reacquainting the Chinese and American people with each other after two decades of minimal contact; exchanges also influenced Sino-American diplomatic relations and helped transform post-Mao China. In an interview conducted on March 9, 2023, Pete Millwood discusses with Alison Friedman how a diverse cast of Chinese and Americans – athletes and physicists, performing artists and seismologists – played a critical, but often overlooked, role in remaking U.S.-China relations. About the speakers: https://www.ncuscr.org/video/improbable-diplomats-us-china/ Read the transcript of this conversation Follow Pete Millwood on Twitter: @PeteMillwood Follow Alison Friedman on Twitter: @AlisonMFriedman Subscribe to the National Committee on YouTube for video of this interview. Follow us on Twitter (@ncuscr) and Instagram (@ncuscr).

This week on Historia Obscura: how the influence of one sport took two nations at odds with each other and created one of the most crucial geopolitical relationships in the modern world. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/historiaobscura/message

Not many Americans can say they've visited North Korea. Even fewer have competed against them in any type of sport. Wally Green took an incredibly unlikely path to help spark change in international relations. From growing up with guns & bad influences to finding his life-saving calling in Ping Pong, Wally does not back down from failure. His optimism is infectious and his light-hearted nature (and bravery) is something that will stick with you long after listening. Enjoy!

Sumir kannast við enska hugtakið Ping Pong Diplomacy og geta tengt það við ákveðin tímamót í samskiptasögu Bandaríkjanna og Alþýðulýðveldisins Kína. Flestir hafa kannski heyrt á það minnst en þekkja ekki beint söguna að baki þess. Í þessum þætti rennum við aðeins yfir þessa áhugaverðu sögu og sjáum hvernig borðtennis breytti heimssögunni.

Script: https://tcmpodcast.me/episode-11-acupuncture-anaesthesia-and-ping-pong-diplomacy/ The availability and accurate application of existing information and therapeutic procedures are certainly the most important reasons for achieving tolerable perioperative analgesia, which means that it is now almost completely possible to eliminate unnecessary pain. Insufficient pain relief after surgery is described as morally and ethically unacceptable. Anesthesiology is a scientific discipline, a branch of clinical medicine, that studies the procedures of inducing insensitivity. The term anesthesia (Greek an estos - without feeling) means reduced sensitivity of the whole or individual parts of the body and is achieved by means that depress the nervous tissue locally or the CNS completely. Numerous terms have been used to denote nervous tissue depression (analgesia, hypnosis, anesthesia, sedation, etc.), which in fact represent the pharmacological basis of certain preparations. That is why it is accepted that we use the term anesthesia for any form of nervous tissue depression, distinguishing between general anesthesia and local anesthesia. General anesthesia should cause (but does not necessarily always cause) immobilization, relaxation. Local anesthesia is a procedure that causes insensitivity to pain in a particular part of the body by administering drugs that interrupt the conduction of impulses through nerves in that region. Mao Ze Dong initiated a plan for the development of Chinese medicine through the following phases: from 1945 to 1950. "Cooperation of Chinese and Western (modern) medicine", 1950 - 1953 "Teaching of modern medicine by Chinese doctors, 1954 - 1958" Teaching Chinese medicine from by doctors of modern medicine ”1950 - 1958 "Unification of Chinese and modern medicine", and finally in 1958, "Integration of Chinese and modern medicine" was initiated. Mao said: "In the future, there will be only one medicine guided by the principles and laws of dialectical materialism." When physicians decide on the best anesthesia technique for outpatient or day surgery, they must necessarily change their approach over traditional hospital general anesthesia. First, the patient must go home quickly and safely; secondly, the side effects that can be tolerated in our hospital settings, such as nausea, vomiting, and pain, are completely unacceptable in modern conditions and can potentially prolong discharge home and even result in unforeseen complications overnight. Acupuncture anesthesia is not a new concept in Chinese medicine. It is worth mentioning two doctors from the time of ancient China. In Chinese medicine, in the book Records of Great Historians (94 BC), Qin Yueren (407-310 BC) is mentioned as the first physician to use anesthesia in heart transplantation. The book states that Qin Yueren used acupuncture anesthesia. He is the most important physician of Chinese medicine and is considered the father of Chinese medicine and acupuncture. He is known in the literature under the nickname Bian Que. He lived at about the same time as Hippocrates (460-377 BC), the father of modern medicine. It is worth mentioning the doctor, surgeon Hua To (110-207 AD). He was the first Chinese doctor who found and perfected an anesthetic called Ma Fei San. This anesthetic is a combination of cannabis, wine and medicinal herbs. Dr. Hua It is usually compared in its virtuosity with the Indian doctor Jivaka who lived in the age of Buddha 500 BC and is considered the first surgeon in Chinese medicine to have valid surgical procedures in place. Until 1847, i.e. the arrival of Peter Parker in China, these two doctors did not have a worthy successor to mention. Info: www.tcmpodcast.me

Glenn Cowan's missed bus opens international doors.

This week we're joined by Wally Green, a professional Ping Pong player with a story you'll need to hear to believe. From growing up in public housing in Brooklyn to discovering Ping Pong as an angry teenager to playing a match in North Korea, Wally's journey is nothing short of incredible. Oh, and if you're on the fence over the Ping Pong vs Table Tennis debate, Wally settles it once and for all.

After more than two decades of hostility, Ping Pong Diplomacy began a shift in the U.S.-China relationship towards exchange and engagement. In 1972, engagement was far from inevitable and, just as in 2022, anything but easy, with detractors on both sides. The National Committee hosted a virtual program on  April 18, 2022 with Pete Millwood and Jing Tsu as they reflected on the 50th anniversary of the Chinese ping pong team's historic visit to the United States and its continued relevance to the U.S.-China relationship today, in a conversation moderated by Keisha Brown.

On April 12, 1972, the Chinese national ping pong team arrived in Detroit, the first unofficial visitors from the People's Republic of China to the United States since the establishment of the PRC in 1949. One of the many excited people waiting on the tarmac to welcome the team was Jan Berris – at that time a program associate with the National Committee, now its vice president. Fifty years later, on April 12, 2022, Jan Berris shared stories of the historic process – from the funny to the momentous – and reflected on the enduring legacy of Ping Pong Diplomacy on U.S.-China relations. Jan Berris has been with the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations since 1971 – beginning as program associate, moving on to program director, and vice president. She is responsible for overseeing all program activities of the Committee: this includes the preparation and execution of hundreds of Chinese delegations to the United States, American delegations to China, as well as NCUSCR's Track II programs, and other flagship programs. Given her familiarity with the Chinese media at the time, the U.S. State Department asked her to coordinate Chinese press activities during Premier Deng Xiaoping's February 1979 visit to the United States, and she has been the lead for the Committee's hosting of major welcoming events for all of the most senior Chinese leaders. Prior to joining the Committee, Ms. Berris was a foreign service officer, stationed in Hong Kong and Washington, D.C. She received her bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Michigan.

Steve Dainton is the CEO at ITTF – The International Table Tennis Federation. He has been with ITTF for 14 years, but took on the role as CEO in 2017 and has shown incredible result since. He speaks fluent Chinese, which comes in handy within a sport dominated by Chinese players. In this episode, we speak about ITTF's growth strategy, the 50th anniversary of Ping Pong Diplomacy, the ITTF Foundation and their work with CSR, what ITTF thinks about hosting events in China & Qatar and much more!   SPONSOR Insport Education  Course list --> HERE Sustainability in Sport course Sign up HERE The code gives you 10% ANY course offered. Discount code: sportsmanagementpodcast10________________________________________________________ PARTNER SIGA - Sport Integrity Global Alliance Proud to be a Permanent Media Partner to SIGA. Read more about their great work HERE. Follow us on social media Instagram Facebook Twitter www.sportsmanagementpodcast.com 

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Bouncing around Chasm Valley. While Mayors Rory and DuBois speak with Bryn Dunsel about those pesky toll booths, Abby Falmacher and Danny head to Placeholder to talk to Torple. But there are hidden agendas at work. Guest starring Bonnie Kenderdine as Abby Falmacher and Bryn Dunsel, and Gary J. Chambers as the Narrator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

① Chinese, U.S. paddlers join forces at world table tennis championships. ② Russia rejects U.S. claims of its invasion of Ukraine. ③ Violence continues in the United States: Multiple people killed as car plowed into Christmas parade. ④ The US Misery Index shows weakness in recovery.

Dr. Harold Paz, CEO of Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University, discusses Covid-19 variants, increasing vaccinations and the possibility of needing a booster. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News U.S. Retail Reporter Matt Boyle explain how the position of the remote-work czar can be a shortcut to the C-suite. Bloomberg New Economy Editorial Director Andy Browne talks about the need for "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" between the U.S. and China. Bloomberg News Aerospace Reporter Julie Johnsson explains how Boeing is reeling from a brain drain on cutbacks and an Amazon talent grab. Hosts: Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Producer: Paul Brennan. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Dr. Harold Paz, CEO of Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University, discusses Covid-19 variants, increasing vaccinations and the possibility of needing a booster. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News U.S. Retail Reporter Matt Boyle explain how the position of the remote-work czar can be a shortcut to the C-suite. Bloomberg New Economy Editorial Director Andy Browne talks about the need for "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" between the U.S. and China. Bloomberg News Aerospace Reporter Julie Johnsson explains how Boeing is reeling from a brain drain on cutbacks and an Amazon talent grab. Hosts: Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Producer: Paul Brennan. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

On April 28, 2021, the National Committee hosted a virtual celebration of the 50th anniversary of ping pong diplomacy. Ms. Jan Berris, vice president of the National Committee who accompanied the Chinese ping pong delegation on its travels; Ms. Judy Hoarfrost, a former United States table tennis champion who visited China with the U.S. team; and Dr. Doug Spelman, a retired foreign service officer and academic who served as an interpreter for the Chinese team discussed ping pong diplomacy – how it came to be, its historical and political context, and its significance then and now. The conversation was moderated by Mr. Alex DeAngelis, a staff member at the Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People’s Republic of China for much of the 1970s, who then moved to the National Science Foundation, based in Washington and Beijing.

Ping-Pong Diplomacy and the CCP's Weaknesses

In this episode we cover Ping Pong diplomacy... a legit turning point our Cold War with China that only happened because a hippie table tennis player missed his bus. Then we travel to a much, much simpler time in American politics: The Monica Lewinsky Scandal. We talk stained blue dresses, the unharnessed sex appeal of Bill on sax, and pursue #justiceformonica. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manifestdestinypod/support

#037 - Nicholas Griffin is an award winning author from Miami Beach, Florida. His new book The Year of Dangerous Days: Riots, Refugees, and Cocaine in Miami 1980 follows the harrowing story of the rise and fall of one of America’s most popular destination cities (Miami)—rife with police brutality, a drug epidemic, and a bulging refugee crisis—The Year of Dangerous Days is a riveting blend of urgent social commentary and cinematic drama, from the award-winning author of Ping Pong Diplomacy. Deeply researched and covering many timely issues including police brutality, immigration, and the drug crisis, The Year of Dangerous Days is both a clarion call and a creation story of one of America’s most iconic cities.The Year of Dangerous Days is out for purchase today on Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/dp/1501191020/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_jRNmFbMG5K8S1

Nicholas Griffin is the author of seven books. He has written for film, TV, newspapers and magazines. Today on the podcast we discuss Nicholas' new book:  The Year of Dangerous Days: Riots, Refugees, and Cocaine in Miami 1980   In the tradition of television  show the Wire, the Year of Dangerous Days is the harrowing story of the cinematic transformation of Miami, one of America's most bustling cities—rife with a drug epidemic, a burgeoning refugee crisis, and police brutalityBoth the Year of Dangerous Days and Nicholas's book “Ping Pong Diplomacy” are under option for film and television.  Nicholas is a soccer addict, and a carnivore of books, Griffin lives in Miami Beach with his wife and two children. And he has a dog. The dog is very important.In the tech world Juan Pablo has co-founded Idea.me, Miami Angels, the Lab Miami, Lab Ventures & Wonder (purchased in 2020 by Atari). He also publishes a widely read column on the TecnoLatino https://latamlist.com/author/jpcappello/ and continues advising entrepreneurs in the region from PAGLaw https://www.pag.lawThe podcast “Aqui & Ahora” asks: What are the leaders of the TecnoLatino doing “here & now”? How are they facing the changes and challenges we are living? “Aqui & Ahora” offers tips for entrepreneurs, investors and supporters of the TecnoLatino & MiamiTech.Sponsored by PAGLaw

In this episode of Table Tennis Talk, we speak to Kanak Jha about his time in the Bundesliga, life during the pandemic, and his appearance on the Voice. Also, a review of Ping Pong Diplomacy and more weird Japanese Table Tennis manga! Show Note Links: The Tables Documentary -- https://www.jonbunning.com/the-tables Ping Pong Diplomacy -- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17570736-ping-pong-diplomacy Ping Pong: The Manga -- https://www.viz.com/ping-pong Ping Pong: The Animation -- https://www.funimation.com/shows/ping-pong-the-animation/the-wind-makes-it-too-hard-to-hear/uncut/ Joey's Table Tennis Junkie YouTube Channel -- www.youtube.com/channel/UCAbAWQx1_hEDTj2N6yTtm9Q Ping Pong Dash -- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077TLGYR8?pf_rd_r=3BP84NJYDGTCZEJT3A2R&pf_rd_p=edaba0ee-c2fe-4124-9f5d-b31d6b1bfbee Opening Music - Yasper - Birds Fly Higher Than The Moon Break Music - SwuM - Alwayshere Closing Music - chromonicci - Oceania Music courtesy of Chillhop Records -- www.chillhop.com Podcast editing and production: Dan Emery at Black Matter Mastering -- http://blackmattermastering.com/

In this episode of Table Tennis Talk, we speak to Kanak Jha about his time in the Bundesliga, life during the pandemic, and his appearance on the Voice. Also, a review of Ping Pong Diplomacy and more weird Japanese Table Tennis manga! Show Note Links: The Tables Documentary -- https://www.jonbunning.com/the-tables Ping Pong Diplomacy -- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17570736-ping-pong-diplomacy Ping Pong: The Manga -- https://www.viz.com/ping-pong Ping Pong: The Animation -- https://www.funimation.com/shows/ping-pong-the-animation/the-wind-makes-it-too-hard-to-hear/uncut/ Joey's Table Tennis Junkie YouTube Channel -- www.youtube.com/channel/UCAbAWQx1_hEDTj2N6yTtm9Q Ping Pong Dash -- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077TLGYR8?pf_rd_r=3BP84NJYDGTCZEJT3A2R&pf_rd_p=edaba0ee-c2fe-4124-9f5d-b31d6b1bfbee Opening Music - Yasper - Birds Fly Higher Than The Moon Break Music - SwuM - Alwayshere Closing Music - chromonicci - Oceania Music courtesy of Chillhop Records -- www.chillhop.com Podcast editing and production: Dan Emery at Black Matter Mastering -- http://blackmattermastering.com/

Bouncing around Chasm Valley. While Mayors Rory and DuBois speak with Bryn Dunsel about those pesky toll booths, Abby Falmacher and Danny head to Placeholder to talk to Torple. But there are hidden agendas at work. Guest starring Bonnie Kenderdine as Abby Falmacher and Bryn Dunsel, and Gary J. Chambers as the Narrator. (Run time - 10:24 minutes)

Bouncing around Chasm Valley. While Mayors Rory and DuBois speak with Bryn Dunsel about those pesky toll booths, Abby Falmacher and Danny head to Placeholder to talk to Torple. But there are hidden agendas at work. Guest starring Bonnie Kenderdine as Abby Falmacher and Bryn Dunsel, and Gary J. Chambers as the Narrator. (Run time - 10:24 minutes)

The United States table tennis team heralded the era of ‘ping pong diplomacy’ by becoming the first official American delegation to visit China in 20 ...

Toaden's Media Litter Sandwich ep 145Pong Detroit is Detroit's newest Ping Pong / table tennis bar. Mal Lang talks about Ping Pong Diplomacy, Sorry about the bad audio, but these stories are pretty coolHelp me on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Toaden  Video:  https://youtu.be/oCN4zHxnvuM

In this episode of Table Tennis Talk, we talk with former US nationals team member and head of the El Paso Table Tennis Club, Dan Seemiller Jr. Also Ultimate Table Tennis, T-League 2019, the Chinese Nationals, Joey's Coaching Corner, and the Weird World of Table Tennis. Show Note Links: Revelations of a Ping-Pong Champion by Danny Seemiller Sr. -- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32167487-revelations-of-a-ping-pong-champion Ultimate Table Tennis League -- https://www.ultimatetabletennis.in/ T-League -- https://tleague.jp/ El Paso Table Tennis Club -- http://elpasotabletennis.com/ Ping Pong Diplomacy -- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17570736-ping-pong-diplomacy A Little Book of Ping-Pong Verse -- https://books.google.com/books?id=Xmc6AQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA110&ots=0V5l8AEhCZ&dq=Pingpongitis&pg=PA110&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false Classical Background Music -- http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Brandenburg_No4-1_BWV1049 Smash Street TTX in Denver -- https://www.ttx.world/smash-street-by-ttx Upcoming Tournaments in Salt Lake -- https://tabletenniseventcenter.com/tournaments Opening/Break Music - junior state - Nostalgic Closing Music - auv - McCarren Music courtesy of Chillhop Records -- www.chillhop.com

In this episode of Table Tennis Talk, we talk with former US nationals team member and head of the El Paso Table Tennis Club, Dan Seemiller Jr. Also Ultimate Table Tennis, T-League 2019, the Chinese Nationals, Joey's Coaching Corner, and the Weird World of Table Tennis. Show Note Links: Revelations of a Ping-Pong Champion by Danny Seemiller Sr. -- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32167487-revelations-of-a-ping-pong-champion Ultimate Table Tennis League -- https://www.ultimatetabletennis.in/ T-League -- https://tleague.jp/ El Paso Table Tennis Club -- http://elpasotabletennis.com/ Ping Pong Diplomacy -- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17570736-ping-pong-diplomacy A Little Book of Ping-Pong Verse -- https://books.google.com/books?id=Xmc6AQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA110&ots=0V5l8AEhCZ&dq=Pingpongitis&pg=PA110&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false Classical Background Music -- http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Brandenburg_No4-1_BWV1049 Smash Street TTX in Denver -- https://www.ttx.world/smash-street-by-ttx Upcoming Tournaments in Salt Lake -- https://tabletenniseventcenter.com/tournaments Opening/Break Music - junior state - Nostalgic Closing Music - auv - McCarren Music courtesy of Chillhop Records -- www.chillhop.com

In this episode I talk to Simon Pitkeathley. Simon is the CEO of Euston Town and Camden Business Improvement Districts, Governor of a large London FE college and CEO of Camden Collective workspace. He’s also the Lord Mayor of London’s Champion for Small Business. Tim talks to Simon about life inside Number 10 Downing Street under Blair, Brown and Cameron. About Barak Obama’s gift from the British Prime Minister. We also discuss how running a business is not like being a parent no matter how much people tell you it is. And why London is and is not the centre of the Universe. A tremendous podcast with no frills. bread@zuzusbakery.co.uk if you’d like to comment. Or find us on Twitter @zuzusbakery Or at home http://zuzusbakery.co.uk

This past week, President Trump finally had his day in the diplomatic spotlight when he hosted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un  and declared that North Korea was "no longer a nuclear threat." Of course, there was no verifiable proof that the North Koreans had done anything along those lines, but really that's no longer a surprise coming from the Commander in Cheeto.  So we thought this was a perfect opportunity here at This is the President to look at a similar moment in history - when President Nixon announced on July 15, 1971 that he would be scheduling a meeting with the leaders of the People's Republic of China to normalise relations between the two countries.  But this wasn't a sudden event from out of the blue. Nixon's team had been working on this proposal for months. In addition, the Ping Pong Diplomacy incident helped move detente between the two nations quickly forward. This episode features a pair of Nixon phone calls from April, 1971, including one where Nixon mentions the Ping Pong incident, and another from the same day between Henry Kissenger and Nixon where they discuss the China diplomatic moves and Nixon's love of classical music is on full display.  Harmon and Scott also discuss some of the motivations behind North Korea's appearance at the bargaining table and how the Master of the Deal might be getting mastered behind his back and the 1980s.   This episode is brought to you by Words Over Chair Productions and Comedy History 101.

In this week's episode of Sinica, we are proud to announce that we're joining forces with SupChina. We're also delighted that our first episode with our new partner is a conversation with President Stephen Orlins and Vice President Jan Berris of the National Committee on United States–China Relations, recorded at their offices in Manhattan. Since 1966, the same year that China's Cultural Revolution began, the National Committee has been the standard bearer for a deeper understanding of the increasingly vital relationship between the United States and China. This month marks the 50th anniversary of the organization's founding. From 1976 to 1979, Orlins served in the Office of the Legal Advisor of the U.S. Department of State, first in the Office of the Assistant Legal Advisor for the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs and then for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. While in the latter role, Orlins worked on the legal team that helped set up diplomatic relations with China. Berris has been a major force behind the visits of hundreds of American and Chinese delegations to each other's countries, including a journey undertaken in 1972 by the Chinese table tennis team, part of an exchange that became known as Ping Pong Diplomacy. We want to say a huge thank-you to David Lancashire at Popup Chinese in Beijing for six wonderful years of partnership. Best of luck to you, Dave! Please take a listen and send us feedback at sinica@supchina.com.   Recommendations Jeremy Goldkorn: The Chinese Mayor, a film by Zhao Qi Steve Orlins: This Brave New World: India, China and the United States by Anja Manuel Jan Berris: America has Never Been so Ripe for Tyranny by Andrew Sullivan Kaiser Kuo: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (particularly the Second Epilogue on historiography)

March 4, 2016 - Nicholas Griffin shares the story of how a little white ball impacted the way we live on this big, blue marble. His book is titled, Ping-Pong Diplomacy: The Secret History Behind the Game That Changed the World. Just how did the United States and communist China go from the icy pictures of Cold War adversaries, to Nixon's visit and a relationship that shocked the USSR? Well, believe it or not, table tennis helped communist China achieve a new relationship with America, and set the stage for Ronald Reagan to reach out to Mikhail Gorbachev, ultimately leading to the destruction of the Berlin Wall, and the Communist Bloc. Simon & Schuster's History in Five every Friday morning. It's the perfect way to kick off your modern weekend...with people from the past.

At the start of the 1970s, the United States and Maoist China were cold war enemies.Then the world table tennis championships of 1971 helped improve relations between the two countries.Sporting Witness hears from the American ping-pong players invited on a pioneering visit to China.

By 1971, Zhuang Zedong had already won three world men’s singles table tennis championships. He was a leading sports figure and was with the Chinese national team in Japan when he reached out to members of the American team. This gesture helped lead to the April 1971 visit to China by the American table tennis team. “Ping Pong Diplomacy” partially paved the way for U.S. President Richard M. Nixon’s 1972 visit to China. Zhuang Zedong’s Chinese national team visited the U.S. in April 1972. Mr. Zhuang became a member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party during the last years of the Cultural Revolution. After his patron, Jiang Qing was toppled in October 1976 along with the other members of the Gang of Four, Mr. Zhuang was jailed. He was subsequently cleared and took on coaching duties. During his visit to USC, Mr. Zhuang will discuss his experiences as an athlete-diplomat and offer a table tennis demonstration.

By 1971, Zhuang Zedong had already won three world men’s singles table tennis championships. He was a leading sports figure and was with the Chinese national team in Japan when he reached out to members of the American team. This gesture helped lead to the April 1971 visit to China by the American table tennis team. “Ping Pong Diplomacy” partially paved the way for U.S. President Richard M. Nixon’s 1972 visit to China. Zhuang Zedong’s Chinese national team visited the U.S. in April 1972. Mr. Zhuang became a member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party during the last years of the Cultural Revolution. After his patron, Jiang Qing was toppled in October 1976 along with the other members of the Gang of Four, Mr. Zhuang was jailed. He was subsequently cleared and took on coaching duties. During his visit to USC, Mr. Zhuang will discuss his experiences as an athlete-diplomat and offer a table tennis demonstration.