This year marks the 50th anniversary of what turned out to be one of the most exciting and historically meaningful series of events of my early career. At 28, in 1971 I was a junior member of Henry ...

They were an unlikely group of trailblazing diplomats, including the 15-year-old who knew only that China was a big country filled with communists — and really good pingpong players. Tossed into the ...

The U.S. and Chinese national table tennis teams held a joint practice Monday night at the George R. Brown Convention Center in honor of the 50th anniversary of 1971’s ‘Ping Pong Diplomacy’ brokered ...

The best table tennis players in the world descended upon Japan in March of 1971, all looking for championships. Shortly after the tournament ended in April, the eyes of the world shifted to the ...