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

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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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