The Origin of Ping-Pong Diplomacy: The Forgotten Architect of Sino-U.S. Rapprochement PDF
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The Origin of Ping-Pong Diplomacy 99778800223300111188113333__0011__pprreexxxxiiii..iinndddd ii 77//11//22001111 11::2200::1144 PPMM Also by Mayumi Itoh Japanese Wartime Zoo Policy: The Silent Victims of World War II (2010) Japanese War Orphans in Manchuria: Forgotten Victims of World War II (2010) The Hatoyama Dynasty: Japanese Political Leadership through the Generations (2003) Globalization of Japan: Japanese Sakoku Mentality and U.S. Efforts to Open Japan (1998) 99778800223300111188113333__0011__pprreexxxxiiii..iinndddd iiii 77//11//22001111 11::2200::1155 PPMM The Origin of Ping-Pong Diplomacy The Forgotten Architect of Sino-U.S. Rapprochement Mayumi Itoh 99778800223300111188113333__0011__pprreexxxxiiii..iinndddd iiiiii 77//11//22001111 11::2200::1155 PPMM THE ORIGIN OF PING-PONG DIPLOMACY Copyright © Mayumi Itoh, 2011. All rights reserved. First published in 2011 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. 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 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America. 99778800223300111188113333__0011__pprreexxxxiiii..iinndddd iivv 77//11//22001111 11::2200::1155 PPMM In memory of Gotō Kōji, Marius B. Jansen, and Chalmers A. Johnson, who contributed to the understanding of China and Japan 99778800223300111188113333__0011__pprreexxxxiiii..iinndddd vv 77//11//22001111 11::2200::1166 PPMM 99778800223300111188113333__0011__pprreexxxxiiii..iinndddd vvii 77//11//22001111 11::2200::1166 PPMM 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 99778800223300111188113333__0011__pprreexxxxiiii..iinndddd vviiii 77//11//22001111 11::2200::1166 PPMM 99778800223300111188113333__0011__pprreexxxxiiii..iinndddd vviiiiii 77//11//22001111 11::2200::1177 PPMM 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 99778800223300111188113333__0011__pprreexxxxiiii..iinndddd iixx 77//11//22001111 11::2200::1177 PPMM
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