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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Young aristocrat Ivor Montagu grew deeply passionate about ping-pong and socialism.
Chapter 3: As a young man, Montagu standardized and promoted ping-pong.
Chapter 4: Young Montagu became a Soviet spy, using ping-pong to further the communist cause abroad strategically.
Chapter 5: Postwar Japan showed China that ping-pong could serve as a force for good.
Chapter 6: China’s leaders pushed table tennis as a path to international acceptance.
Chapter 7: In hard times, Beijing’s world championships projected a positive image of China abroad.
Chapter 8: The Chinese sought to contact Americans at the 1971 world championships tournament.
Chapter 9: The US table-tennis team’s trip to China was a pivotal political breakthrough.
Chapter 10: Ping-pong diplomacy brought enduring change to relations between the United States and China forever.
Description
Ping-Pong Diplomacy (2014) is the tale of how China and the United States ended two decades of diplomatic silence and antagonism. This breakthrough did not originate in embassies or politicians’ offices. Instead, it began at the ping-pong table. These blinks show how a sport shaped by a communist-leaning aristocrat changed politics forever.
Who Should Listen
- Those with an eye for unusual history
- People who are interested in ping-pong and politics
- Sports fans interested in how their passion can change the world