Ping-pong diplomacy: When North Korea tried to woo the US with table tennis

Ping-pong diplomacy: When North Korea tried to woo the US with table tennis

Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series on North Korea’s hosting of the World Table Tennis Championships in 1979. The “ping-pong diplomacy” between the U.S. and China, which enabled the thawing of the adversaries’ icy Cold War relationship, is perhaps the most famous example of how sport can create opportunities for nations […]