This has been called "ping-pong diplomacy".

这被称为“乒乓外交”。

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Hoarfrost thinks we should remember ping-pong diplomacy in order to understand the importance of people-to-people exchanges in establishing human bonds between peoples.

霍尔弗罗斯特认为，我们应该记住乒乓外交，从而理解人文交流在建立人与人之间的纽带方面的重要性。

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Ping pong diplomacy reminds us that it is the interactions of our private citizens that helped bring us together and that continue to strengthen the ties that bind us together.

乒乓外交提醒我们，是公民个人之间的互动帮助我们走到一起，并将继续使连接我们的纽带坚强有力。

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Chinese newspapers devote extensive coverage to the 40th anniversary of the so-called ping-pong diplomacy that paved the way for Washington's recognition of the Communist regime in Beijing.

BBC: China morning round-up: Ping-pong diplomacy marked

All that we have seen since, from entry into the World Trade Organization to Chinese-made toys at Wal-Mart to Louis Vuitton boutiques in Shanghai to the Beijing Olympics, started with that bit of ping-pong diplomacy.

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