Ping-Pong Diplomacy and the CCP’s Weaknesses Yang Wei April 14, 2021 Updated: April 14, 2021 Commentary On April 10, Shanghai held an opening ceremony for a series of activities commemorating the 50th anniversary of ping-pong diplomacy, when the U.S. table tennis team visited Communist China for the first time in 1971. Due to the current stalemate in bilateral relations, this event came off as awkward. On the Chinese side, the CCP has intensified ...