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China, US mark ties warmed by ’pingpong diplomacy’
By Associated Press  |   Wednesday, January 7, 2009  |  http://www.bostonherald.com  |  Asia Pacific
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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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