Author: Genevieve WimsattPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A Griffin in China
Author: Genevieve WimsattPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A Griffin in China
Author: Genevieve WimsattPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A Griffin in China. Fact and Legend in the Every Day Life of the Great Republic ... Illustrated
Author: Genevieve B. WimsattPing-Pong Diplomacy
Author: Nicholas GriffinPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451642814
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Combining the insight of Franklin Foer’s How Soccer Explains the World and the intrigue of Ben Affleck’s Argo, Ping Pong Diplomacy traces the story of how an aristocratic British spy used the game of table tennis to propel a Communist strategy that changed the shape of the world. THE SPRING OF 1971 heralded the greatest geopolitical realignment in a generation. After twenty-two years of antagonism, China and the United States suddenly moved toward a détente—achieved not by politicians but by Ping-Pong players. The Western press delighted in the absurdity of the moment and branded it “Ping-Pong Diplomacy.” But for the Chinese, Ping-Pong was always political, a strategic cog in Mao Zedong’s foreign policy. Nicholas Griffin proves that the organized game, from its first breath, was tied to Communism thanks to its founder, Ivor Montagu, son of a wealthy English baron and spy for the Soviet Union. Ping-Pong Diplomacy traces a crucial intersection of sports and society. Griffin tells the strange and tragic story of how the game was manipulated at the highest levels; how the Chinese government helped cover up the death of 36 million peasants by holding the World Table Tennis Championships during the Great Famine; how championship players were driven to their deaths during the Cultural Revolution; and, finally, how the survivors were reconvened in 1971 and ordered to reach out to their American counterparts. Through a cast of eccentric characters, from spies to hippies and Ping-Pong-obsessed generals to atom-bomb survivors, Griffin explores how a neglected sport was used to help realign the balance of worldwide power.
Information of Value to the Visitor to China
Author: California Directory AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The Folk-lore of China
Author: Nicholas Belfield DennysPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 190
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