The Origin of Ping-Pong Diplomacy: The Forgotten Architect of Sino-U.S. Rapprochement

by Mayumi Itoh

Book Overview

Why and how did Japan Table Tennis Association President Goto Koji invite 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

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230118135
• ISBN13: 9780230118133
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.3"