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245 10 a| Ping-pong diplomacy :b| the secret history behind the game that changed the world /c| Nicholas Griffin.;

246 0 a| Ping pong diplomacy;

250 a| First Scribner hardcover edition.;

264 1 a| New York :b| Scribner,c| 2014.;

300 a| xi, 336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

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337 a| unmediatedb| n2| rdamedia;

338 a| volumeb| nc2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-323) and index.;

505 0 a| The West. Not-so-humble beginnings ; Gentlemanly rebel ; Roast beef and Russia ; The dangers of derision ; Table tennis and Trotsky ; Culture and the coming war ; Suspect ; Brothers ; The end of the game? ; The Jewish question -- The East. Table tennis bandits ; The Trojan dove ; The rise of Asia ; Tiny tornadoes ; Reconnaissance ; The golden game ; Setting the table ; The end of brotherhood ; Preparation ; Sacrifice ; Nourishing the team ; Ping-pong espionage ; Cheery martial music ; The chance to shine ; Fallout ; Heroes of the nation ; Spreading the gospel ; The grinding halt ; Under pressure ; House of cards ; Death to the doubters ; Down to the country -- East meets West. The world at war ; The seeds of peace ; Long hair, light heart ; Could the Great Wall crumble? ; A measured coincidence ; An invitation home ; Surprise ; Decisions to be made ; The worries ; Crossing the borders ; All eyes on America ; Tension ; Nixon's game ; Political ping-pong-- Aftermath. Return game ; Capital performance ; United Nations ; The hippie opportunist ; The heights ; The costs.;

520 a| Examines how an aristocratic British spy circumvented more than 20 years of antagonistic foreign policy between China and the United States to further a fateful Communist agenda during the World Table Tennis Championships, revealing how players were tortured and murdered throughout the Cultural Revolution.;

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Ping-pong diplomacy : the secret history behind the game that changed the world / Nicholas Griffin.

Author/creator	Griffin, Nicholas, 1971- author.
Format	Book
Edition	First Scribner hardcover edition.
Publication	New York : Scribner, 2014.
Description	xi, 336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Table tennis. China--Foreign relations. --United States. United States--Foreign relations. --China.

Variant title	Ping pong diplomacy
Contents	The West. Not-so-humble beginnings ; Gentlemanly rebel ; Roast beef and Russia ; The dangers of derision ; Table tennis and Trotsky ; Culture and the coming war ; Suspect ; Brothers ; The end of the game? ; The Jewish question -- The East. Table tennis bandits ; The Trojan dove ; The rise of Asia ; Tiny tornadoes ; Reconnaissance ; The golden game ; Setting the table ; The end of brotherhood ; Preparation ; Sacrifice ; Nourishing the team ; Ping-pong espionage ; Cheery martial music ; The chance to shine ; Fallout ; Heroes of the nation ; Spreading the gospel ; The grinding halt ; Under pressure ; House of cards ; Death to the doubters ; Down to the country -- East meets West. The world at war ; The seeds of peace ; Long hair, light heart ; Could the Great Wall crumble? ; A measured coincidence ; An invitation home ; Surprise ; Decisions to be made ; The worries ; Crossing the borders ; All eyes on America ; Tension ; Nixon's game ; Political ping-pong-- Aftermath. Return game ; Capital performance ; United Nations ; The hippie opportunist ; The heights ; The costs.
Abstract	Examines how an aristocratic British spy circumvented more than 20 years of antagonistic foreign policy between China and the United States to further a fateful Communist agenda during the World Table Tennis Championships, revealing how players were tortured and murdered throughout the Cultural Revolution.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-323) and index.
ISBN	9781451642773
ISBN	1451642776

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