{"product_id":"9781465392305","title":"Adventures of the Ping-Pong Diplomats: Volume 1: The U.S.-China Friendship Matches Change World History","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis story reads like an adventure novel.  The only difference is that the events in a novel are made up; these adventures really happened; the people are real; and the political effects of their actions have produced 40 years of peaceful coexistence between the Peoples Republic of China and the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This is the only historically complete narrative which covers the actual ping-pong diplomacy events, provides the background foreign policy information to explain why these events happened, \u0026amp; shows what could have happened if there were no ping-pong diplomats.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The world news media was prevented from general coverage of the U.S. World Table Tennis Team to China,  while U.S. publicity about the return visit of the Chinese World Team to the U.S. on the “Grand Tour” was largely controlled to serve the political aims and objectives of the Nixon administration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e For those average Americans who became our “Cold-War Warriors” willingly taking the risks involved, and those who worked behind the scenes to make their risks worthwhile; such experiences occur only once in a lifetime.  America and the world are a lot better off because of their efforts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e It’s time to read the real story of “ping-pong diplomacy!’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xlibris US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47171358261488,"sku":"9781465392305","price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781465392305_p0.jpg?v=1763684531","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781465392305","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}