Word: ping
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Soviet Union now posed China's main threat. contacts with the West would be useful in reducing the dangers from the Soviets and they suddenly became receptive to diplomatic, cultural, and economic ties with other industrial powers: Western Europe, the United States, and Japan. In 1971, following a ping pong tournament in Nagoya, the Chinese orchestrated an enticing opening for selected Americans, and within the year Kissinger was in Peking paving the way for the Nixon visit...