What does it mean that a small ball pushes a big ball?

"Small ball pushes big ball" refers to ping-pong diplomacy. "Ping-pong diplomacy" refers to a series of events during the period of 197 1 during which table tennis teams from People's Republic of China (PRC) and the United States exchanged visits. The friendly exchanges between Chinese and American table tennis teams not only promoted the normalization of Sino-American relations, but also accelerated the pace of new China's going to the world.

The exchange of visits between Chinese and American table tennis teams caused a sensation in international public opinion, which ended the isolation of personnel exchanges between China and the United States for more than 20 years and achieved a historic breakthrough in Sino-American reconciliation. 1972 February 2 1 day, Nixon's visit to China finally led to the normalization of Sino-US relations and laid an important foundation for the international development of the new China.

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Follow-up activities: On March 27th, 2006, the "Sequoia Friendship Tour" was held in Beijing to celebrate the 35th anniversary of ping-pong diplomacy. A 25-member American table tennis delegation, including 6 visitors and the mother of the late athlete Cohen, was reunited with members of the China team and related personnel.

On June 9, 2008, a three-day ping-pong diplomatic commemoration was held at the richard milhous nixon Library and Memorial Hall in Balinda, California, USA. That year (197 1), Chinese and American table tennis team members met again and played a friendly match.