Ping pong diplomacy : the secret history behind the game that changed the world / Nicholas Griffin.
Traces the story of how an aristocratic British spy circumvented more than 20 years of antagonistic foreign policy between China and the United States to further a fateful Communist agenda during the World Table Tennis Championships, revealing how players were tortured and murdered throughout the Cultural Revolution.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781451642773
- ISBN: 1451642776
- Physical Description: xi, 336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Scribner edition
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Scribner, 2014.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-323) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Part 1 West -- 1 Not-So-Humble Beginnings 5 -- 2 Gentlemanly Rebel 10 -- 3 Roast Beef and Russia 14 -- 4 Dangers of Derision 19 -- 5 Table Tennis and Trotsky 23 -- 6 Culture and the Coming War 26 -- 7 Suspect 31 -- 8 Brothers 37 -- 9 End of the Game? 42 -- 10 Jewish Question 46 -- Part 2 East -- 11 Table Tennis Bandits 53 -- 12 Trojan Dove 61 -- 13 Rise of Asia 67 -- 14 Tiny Tornadoes 72 -- 15 Reconnaissance 77 -- 16 Golden Game 83 -- 17 Setting the Table 87 -- 18 End of Brotherhood 91 -- 19 Preparation 96 -- 20 Sacrifice 102 -- 21 Nourishing the Team 106 -- 22 Ping-Pong Espionage 112 -- 23 Cheery Martial Music 117 -- 24 Chance to Shine 120 -- 25 Fallout 126 -- 26 Heroes of the Nation 129 -- 27 Spreading the Gospel 135 -- 28 Grinding Halt 140 -- 29 Under Pressure 145 -- 30 House of Cards 148 -- 31 Death to the Doubters 153 -- 32 Down to the Country 159 -- Part 3 East Meets West -- 33 World at War 165 -- 34 Seeds of Peace 173 -- 35 Long Hair, Light Heart 178 -- 36 Could the Great Wall Crumble? 184 -- 37 A Measured Coincidence 188 -- 38 An Invitation Home 193 -- 39 Surprise 199 -- 40 Decisions to Be Made 203 -- 41 Worries 207 -- 42 Crossing the Borders 210 -- 43 All Eyes on America 217 -- 44 Tension 222 -- 45 Nixon's Game 228 -- 46 Political Ping-Pong 234 -- Part 4 Aftermath -- 47 Return Game 241 -- 48 Capital Performance 247 -- 49 United Nations 251 -- 50 Hippie Opportunist 256 -- 51 Heights 262 -- 52 Costs 265.
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- Table tennis.
China > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > China.
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