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| On April 5, 1971, the government of China asked the government of the United States this question. "Would the U.S. table tennis team like to 1 a week competing in pingpong games in China?" The answer was yes! For 20 years, Americans had not been allowed to 2 the land of China. The 15 members of the U. S. pingpong team did not know much about the country they were to visit. They had little 3 about the land or the population of China. Even so they found it different from what they 4 ! They had thought the people of China would be 5 and unfriendly. Instead, there were friendly Chinese everywhere waving and smiling. Never before had a sport become such a powerful instrument of 6 and friendship between two nations! The United States and China had been completely out of 7 with each other for many years. The visit of the American pingpong team to China brought about new efforts at communication 8 the two countries. The Chinese have 9 been the world table tennis champions (冠军), and they won most of the games. But who won the pingpong competition was not as 10 as the new friends that were 11 ."Winning doesn't 12 ," one of the Chinese players said, "but friendship does!" | ||||
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