ping-pong diplomacy

基本解释

Us-china diplomatic relations were "ping-pong diplomacy" open the door.
中美交际关系也被“乒乓交际”敲开了大门。
The orchestra's visit is being widely described as a form of music diplomacy, with similarities to ping-pong diplomacy opened by the Nixon administration toward China in the 1970s.
纽约爱乐乐团访问北韩普遍被认为是音乐外交的一种形式，这同1970年代美国尼克松政府对中国展开的乒乓外交具有相似之处。
Forty years later, we recognize how sports initiated a mutually beneficial relationship and how far we have come since ping pong diplomacy took center-stage in 1971.
40年后我们看到，体育为打开互利关系发挥了怎样的作用，自乒乓外交在1971年登上舞台显要位置以来，我们已经取得多么长足的进展。

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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