ILEA000944483: U.S.-LOS ANGELES-PING-PONG DIPLOMACY

U.S.-LAS VEGAS-FLYING TIGERS-JACK LUND SCHOFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL-CHINA-VISIT

(240207) -- LAS VEGAS (U.S.), Feb. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Jack Lund Schofield Middle School's Principal Terri Knepp (1st L), Yang Wanming (3rd L), president of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, Flying Tigers veteran Harry Moyer (2nd R), and Consul General of China in San Francisco Zhang Jianmin (1st R), visit a classroom of Jack Lund Schofield Middle School in Las Vegas, Nevada, the United States, on Feb. 2, 2024. Yang Wanming, president of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, told the students at Jack Lund Schofield Middle School there is an initiative to invite 100 students from Nevada to China on exchange and study programs, and his association will invite 20 students from Schofield to China this year. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling) TO GO WITH Feature: An American school's special bond with China forged through Flying Tigers

China-U.S. "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" commemorated in Southern California

STORY: China-U.S. "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" commemorated in Southern California SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 21, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, U.S. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event STORYLINE: Hundreds of Chinese and Americans gathered in Southern California on Wednesday evening to commemorate the 52nd anniversary of China-U.S. "Ping-Pong Diplomacy." "Looking back over the past half-century, we deeply feel the historical journey from a Ping-Pong friendship to diplomatic normalization. This journey is not only remarkable but also laid a solid foundation for the communications and exchanges between the people of China and the United States," said Chinese Consul General in Los Angeles Guo Shaochun at a reception held in the Pacific Palms Resort in Los Angeles County. In April 1971, nine players from the U.S. Table Tennis team took a historic trip to China, becoming the first delegation of Americans to visit China in decades. Their trip was the start of what has

Chinese, American table tennis players commemorate 52nd anniversary of "Ping-Pong Diplomacy"

STORY: Chinese, American table tennis players commemorate 52nd anniversary of "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 13, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:56 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event 2. various of the friendly game 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CONNIE SWEERIS, Eyewitness of "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DELL SWEERIS, Eyewitness of "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" 5. various of the friendly game 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): DING NING, China's Olympic table tennis champion 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): LIU WEI, China's table tennis world champion STORYLINE: This year marks the 52nd anniversary of Ping-Pong Diplomacy between China and the United States. At a recent commemorative event held in the Chinese Embassy in the United States, a mixed-team friendly game was played to look back at history and renew the goodwill between the Chinese and American people. Connie Sweeris, American table tennis champion who went on the ice-breaking trip to China

Chinese Ambassador to U.S. urges two sides to draw inspirations, wisdom from Ping-Pong Diplomacy

STORY: Chinese Ambassador to U.S. urges two sides to draw inspirations, wisdom from Ping-Pong Diplomacy SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 13, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 0:04:56 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): XIE FENG, Chinese Ambassador to the United States 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): XIE FENG, Chinese Ambassador to the United States 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): CONNIE SWEERIS, American table tennis champion 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): JAN BERRIS, Vice president of the National Committee on United States-China Relations 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): XIE FENG, Chinese Ambassador to the United States 6. various of the event 7. various of the friendly game STORYLINE: Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng has called on the two sides to draw inspirations and wisdom from their Ping-Pong Diplomacy over five decades ago. In a speech at a recent event held by the Chinese Embassy in the United States to commemorate the 52nd anniversary of Ping-Pong Diplomacy, Xie sa

U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

(230908) -- CLEVELAND (U.S.), Sept. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Clarissa von Spee (2nd R, Front), the exhibition's curator and chair of Asian art at the Cleveland Museum of Art, introduces an exhibit to Chinese Consul General in New York Huang Ping (2nd L, Front) and other visitors during an exhibition on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, the United States, on Sept. 7, 2023. Grains of carbonized rice from about 10,000 years ago, together with over 200 other rare items, were exhibited in a show on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) in the U.S. state of Ohio. (Xinhua/Shi Chun)

U.S.-NEW YORK-CHINA-CULTURAL EXCHANGE-TOURISM COOPERATION

(230902) -- NEW YORK, Sept. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Consul General in New York Huang Ping (2nd L, Front) prepares to throw a ceremonial first pitch for a baseball game after the Evening of Chinese Culture event at Citi Field baseball park in New York, the United States, on Sept. 1, 2023. China-U.S. cultural exchanges and tourism cooperation have seen rapid recovery and development this year, Chinese Consul General in New York Huang Ping said during the event on Friday. (Xinhua/Zhang Fengguo)

CHINA-U.S.-RELATIONS-GUEST OPINION (CN)

(230902) -- BEIJING, Sept. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lin Gaoyuan (1st L, front) of China, Lily Zhang (2nd L, front) of the United States compete with Wang Manyu (2nd R, front) of China and Kanak Jha (1st R, front) of the United States during a joint training session of two pairs formed of both American and Chinese players entering the mixed doubles competition at the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, the United States, on Nov. 22, 2021. TO GO WITH "Guest Opinion: Resetting China-U.S. relations through people" (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)

51st anniversary of Ping-Pong Diplomacy marked in Los Angeles

STORY: 51st anniversary of Ping-Pong Diplomacy marked in Los Angeles DATELINE: Dec. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, U.S. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the gala held in Los Angeles County STORYLINE: A gala was held at Pacific Palms Resort in Los Angeles County Tuesday evening to commemorate the 51st anniversary of the Ping-Pong Diplomacy between China and the United States. The event, jointly organized by the USA Table Tennis, Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles, and the All American Chinese Association, attracted more than 500 Chinese and American officials, athletes as well as international sports leaders and representatives from local Chinese communities. "Now, 51 years have passed since the U.S. Ping Pong team made its first visit to China. Over the past five decades, despite the ups and downs in the bilateral relations, the spirit of the Ping-Pong Diplomacy has been kept alive and exchanges and interactions between our two peoples remain robust," said Zhang Pi

U.S.-WAYNE-SYMPOSIUM-PATERSON-SILK CITY-CHINA-SILK ROAD

(221027) -- WAYNE, Oct. 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Huang Ping (1st L), the Chinese consul general in New York, views exhibits at an exhibition "Textile Arts from Guizhou of China," which is on view during an international symposium "Across Time and Space: The Silk Road and the Silk City," at the William Paterson University (WP) in Wayne, New Jersey, the United States, on Oct. 26, 2022. Known as U.S. "Silk City," Paterson, in the northeastern U.S. state of New Jersey, was considered to be the final stop for China's historic Silk Road that connected civilizations of different parts of the ancient world. This is one of the themes of an international symposium that opened Wednesday morning online and in person at the William Paterson University (WP) in Wayne, New Jersey. TO GO WITH "U.S. university holds int'l symposium on connections between Chinese Silk Road, American 'Silk City'" (Photo by Winston Zhou/Xinhua)

Friendship match held in L.A. to mark 50 years of "Ping-Pong Diplomacy"

STORY: Friendship match held in L.A. to mark 50 years of "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" DATELINE: March 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, U.S. CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the opening ceremony 2. various of friendship matches 3. SOUNDBITE (English): DELL SWEERIS, Eyewitness of "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" 4. SOUNDBITE (English): RICHARD CHAR, Chair of USATT STORYLINE A table tennis friendship match was held in Los Angeles, the United States on Sunday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" between China and the United States. The commemorative event was jointly organized by the USA Table Tennis (USATT) and the All American Chinese Association. U.S. youth athletes, Chinese diplomats, Chinese students and ping-pong lovers from local Chinese communities joined in the match. For a start, Dell and Connie Sweeris, a U.S. couple who once experienced the ice-breaking "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" in the 1970s as table tennis players, played an exhibition game with USATT's Chief Executive O

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