American Judy Bochenski plays a match against a member of the visiting Chinese table tennis team, in Cobo Hall, Detroit, in 1972. Photo: courtesy of Judy Hoarfrost
Ping-pong diplomacy and US-China relations: the game and the players that changed the course of history
- Judy Bochenski was involved in one of the most astonishing geopolitical games in the world
- Then 15 years old, the American table tennis star’s 1971 trip to China would help end the cold war
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Diplomacy
American Judy Bochenski plays a match against a member of the visiting Chinese table tennis team, in Cobo Hall, Detroit, in 1972. Photo: courtesy of Judy Hoarfrost