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The 'Nixon in China' effect: ping pong diplomacy 35 years later (audio report)

Thirty-five years ago today, President Richard Nixon got off a plane in Beijing, China. That began a new era in US-China relations. The opening for it came with something that's now called ping-pong diplomacy. The World's Mary Kay Magistad has more on how it started. [audio report]...
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