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Ping, pong to reverberate around square

By Wang Shanshan | China Daily | Updated: 2007-01-24 06:49

The ping could be heard around the world again this summer. But unlike in 1971 when "Ping-Pong diplomacy" signalled the thawing of Sino-American relations, this time it will have everything to do with the game itself.

If things go according to plans, about 10,000 Beijing residents, including foreigners, could be playing table tennis, or ping-pong, on the Tian'anmen Square this June or July.

The gala is being planned as part of the city's sixth sports festival and a prelude to the 2008 Olympics Games, head of Beijing Municipal Sports Bureau Sun Kanglin said on a radio program on Monday.

Ping, pong to reverberate around square

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