Film
How Ping-Pong Saved the World
1h 14m · Documentary
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Overview
How Ping-Pong Saved the World is a feature length documentary that recounts the events of April 1971 when a US Table Tennis team became the first Americans invited into communist China in more than two decades. For eight days 15 Ping-Pong diplomats captivated the world with their visit behind the Bamboo Curtain and in the process helped reshape world history. Ping-Pong Diplomacy soon became a metaphor for the on-going difficult relations between two ideological opposites on the brink of détente. Their unlikely invitation paved the way for President Richard Nixon's landmark visit to China just eight months later in February of 1972.
Crew
Details
- Status
- Canceled
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Genres
- Documentary
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