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Chinese premier Zhou Enlai met the members of US Ping Pong Delegation in April 1971 in Beijing. Zhou said, "Your visit opened the door of friendship between the two peoples."
A photo of US table tennis players at the Great Wall dated Apr 26, 1971 dons the cover of the US Time Magazine.
The then Chinese premier Zhou Enlai meets the US Ping Pong Delegation.
Head of the Chinese Ping Pong Delegation Zhuang Zedong (R) met with US table tennis player in Detroit, April 1972 during the US visit.
Chinese premier Zhou Enlai welcomes US president Richard Nixon at the Capital Airport in Beijing Feb 21, 1972. Zhou Enlai said to president Nixon, "Your handshake came over the vastest ocean in the world twenty-five years of no communication."
Chinese vice premier Li Lanqing shakes hands with former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger before a reception marking the 30th anniversary of "Ping Pong Diplomacy" held in Beijing March 18, 2001.
Olga Soltesz, a member of the US delegation, displays her photo taken when she visited China in 1971 during a visit to Beijing Zhongguancun No.4 primary school in Beijing, Mar. 29, 2006. The activity is a part of the celebration for the 35th anniversary of the historic Ping-Pong Diplomacy.
Connie Sweeris (R), a member of the American delegation, poses with her photo of Premier Zhou Enlai's interview of the American Team in 1971, during their visit to Beijing Zhongguancun No.4 primary school in Beijing, capital of China, March 29, 2006.
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