Why was the US table tennis team sent to communist China even after a difference in ideology?
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In 1971 or thereabouts, President Richard Nixon decided on a policy of "normalization" of relations with China. The arrival of the U.S. pingpong team was the first "feeler" in this process.
This was followed in 1972 by President Nixon's historic visit to China, ending the "Cold War" between the U.S. and China.
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