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46. China's Ping Pong Power: Episode 2

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Ping Pong Diplomacy

Glenn Cowan remained the poster boy for the visit. The Chinese would just follow along and they were real curious about Glenn because he had long hair, he wore a bandana. He had bell bottom trousers and they were purple tie-dye kind of stuff. So he was really a curiosity to the Chinese. We could meet Premier Jo and Lai. And so we were taken to the great hall of the people where their seat of their government is. You're literally meeting with the Prime Minister of a country. Even if you're just a table tennis team, this is obviously a message of peace towards the American people and towards the American government. It will become known as Ping P

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