The Chinese and American table tennis players will for the first time unite in the mixed pair category

In the American Houston today starts Table tennis World Cup. On it the Chinese and American players for the first time in the history of this sport will unite in the mixed pair category. The Chinese athlete Lin Gaoyuan will be together with the American Chzhan Lily. And the American player Kanak Dzha will be the partner Van Manyuy. Earlier they carried out joint trainings. In this regard experts remember "pingpong diplomacy" thanks to which two countries could improve the relations in the 70th years of the last century. The grandson of the ex-president of United States of America Richard Nixon, which visit to China in 1972...