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China-US Diplomacy Turns Aggressive

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China-US Diplomacy Turns Aggressive
A frigate launches chaff and flare during a drill at the sea near the Suao navy harbor in Yilan, eastern Taiwan, on April 13, 2018. The naval drills simulating an attack on the island took place soon after Beijing announced the Chinese regime will hold live-fire exercises in the Taiwan Straits on April 18. Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images
Frank Xie
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In the past half-century, China-U.S. diplomatic relations shifted from ping-pong to a more aggressive form of contact sport. Fifty years ago, on April 10, 1971, the U.S. table tennis team became the first group of Americans to set foot in China for a friendly match. This move led to the visit of then-President Richard Nixon to China in February 1972, and also made “ping-pong diplomacy” a new term in international diplomatic relations.

Frank Xie
Frank Xie
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Dr. Frank Tian Xie was originally from P.R. China and is now the John M. Olin Palmetto Chair Professor in Business and Professor of Marketing in the School of Business Administration at the University of South Carolina Aiken. Prior to that, Dr. Xie was on the faculty of business at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Dr. Xie is an expert of marketing strategy, international marketing, and Chinese business and economy. He has been interviewed by/appeared on many global media outlets such as The New York Times, CNN Business, The Epochtimes, Radio Australia, Tokyo Shimbun, SOH Radio, Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, and NTDTV.
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