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ping-pong diplomacy

ping-pong diplomacy noun: the exchange of ping pong players between the United States and the People's Republic of China in the early 1970s, marking a thaw in relations between the two countries.

Noun

ping-pong diplomacy (uncountable)

  1. (historical) The exchange of ping pong players between the United States and the People's Republic of China in the early 1970s, marking a thaw in relations between the two countries.

Questions about ping-pong diplomacy

What does ping-pong diplomacy mean?
Ping-pong diplomacy means the exchange of ping pong players between the United States and the People's Republic of China in the early 1970s, marking a thaw in relations between the two countries.
What part of speech is ping-pong diplomacy?
Ping-pong diplomacy is a noun.

Words near ping-pong diplomacy in the dictionary

  1. Ping Shan
  2. ping sweep
  3. Ping Tung
  4. Ping'an
  5. ping-pong
  6. ping-pong diplomacy
  7. ping-ponged
  8. ping-ponging
  9. ping-pongist
  10. ping-pongists
  11. ping-pongs

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