Australian table tennis players return to China, five decades after historic tour
- Written by Tracey Holmes, Professorial Fellow in Sport, University of Canberra
Noel Shorter This week, two of the original members of Australia’s 1971 “ping-pong diplomacy” team are returning to Beijing to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two nations.
Half a century ago, few could foresee that a spur-of-the-moment, unscheduled visit by a young Australian sports team would lead to...
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