China, US mark ties warmed by ’pingpong diplomacy’

By Associated Press
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 - Added 318d 7h ago

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BEIJING — A senior U.S. diplomat said Wednesday that relations with China have deepened over the past decades and would strengthen further, as the countries played a friendly game of table tennis to commemorate 30 years of ties warmed by "pingpong diplomacy."

Among the players was Judy Hoarfrost, the youngest member of the original 1971 American team.

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U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, center left, and China Vice Foreign Minister Wang Guangya, center right, watch a table tennis match in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009.