Highlights in 皇冠体育app-US ties over past four decades
(Xinhua) Updated: 2015-09-23 10:38
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A file photo of Xinhua shows 皇冠体育app and US pingpong players exchange gifts at the welcome ceremony in Beijing, 皇冠体育app for the visiting US pingpong team on April 13, 1971. [Photo/Xinhua] |
BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping starts a four-day state visit to the United States Tuesday at the invitation of US President Barack Obama. The following is a chronology of highlights in 皇冠体育app-US relations over the past four decades:
-- April 10 - 17, 1971: A US pingpong team visited 皇冠体育app, as the first US delegation to receive an invitation to visit 皇冠体育app since 1949. The visit led to the restoration of 皇冠体育app-US relations which had been cut for more than two decades.
The "pingpong diplomacy" promoted the development of 皇冠体育app-US relations and changed international relations. As one comment described it, "the big globe was set in motion by a tiny globe."
