The Origin of Ping-Pong Diplomacy: The Forgotten Architect of Sino-U.S. Rapprochement

267 Pages·2011·2.63 MB·English

by  Mayumi Itoh

The Origin of Ping-Pong Diplomacy
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The Origin of Ping-Pong
Diplomacy
The Forgotten Architect of
Sino-U.S. Rapprochement
Mayumi Itoh
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THE ORIGIN OF PING-PONG DIPLOMACY
Copyright © Mayumi Itoh, 2011.
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First published in 2011 by
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ISBN: 978–0–230–11813–3
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Itoh, Mayumi, 1954–
The origin of ping-pong diplomacy : the forgotten architect of Sino-U.S.
rapprochement / Mayumi Itoh.
p. cm.
ISBN 978–0–230–11813–3 (hardback)
1. United States—Foreign relations—China. 2. China—Foreign
relations—United States. 3. Goto, Koji—Influence. 4. Diplomats—
Japan—Biography. 5. Table tennis. I. Title.
E183.8.C5I76 2011
327.73051—dc22 2011007027
A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library.
Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India.
First edition: August 2011
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Printed in the United States of America.
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In memory of Gotō Kōji, Marius B. Jansen, and Chalmers A. Johnson,
who contributed to the understanding of China and Japan
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C O N T E N T S
List of Photographs ix
Note on the Text xi
Acknowledgments xiii
List of Abbreviations xv
Map xvii
Photographs xix
One Introduction 1
Two International Political Background 13
Three Goto Koji and Meiden School 37
Four Goto and Table Tennis 59
Five Goto Makes the Decision 73
Six Goto Goes to China 89
Seven Nagoya World Table Tennis Championships 105
Eight U.S. Response: President Nixon Goes to China 129
Nine J apan’s Response: Prime Minister Tanaka
Goes to China 151
Ten Conclusion: Lessons of Ping-Pong Diplomacy 179
Appendices 201
Notes 207
Bibliography 227
Index 237
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L I S T O F P H O T O G R A P H S
1 Goto Takasaburo, Founder of Meiden School xix
2 Goto Koji, First President of Meiden High School
and the Aichi Institute of Technology xix
3 Goto Koji with Emperor Hirohito and Empress
Nagako at Japan’s National Sports Festival,
Saitama, October 1967 xx
4 Outline of Meeting on Sino-Japanese Table Tennis
Friendship Exchanges, February 1971 (in Chinese) xx
5 Outline of Meeting on Sino-Japanese Table Tennis
Friendship Exchanges, February 1971 (in Japanese) xxi
6 Thirty-First World Table Tennis Championships,
Nagoya, Japan, March–April 1971 xxi
7 Goto Koji (right) with Chinese Team Head Zhao
Zhenghong at the Sino-Japanese Table Tennis
Friendship Tournaments, Nagoya, April 1971 xxii
8 Goto Koji and His Wife Suzuko at Home,
Nagoya, January 1972 xxii
Source: All photographs are courtesy of Goto Yoshiki
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