 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Chikwata cheU.S. cheTable Tennis chakanga chiri muNagoya, Japan muna 1971 nokuda kwe31st World Table Tennis Championshipsmusi wa6 April apo vakagamuchira kokero yokushanyira China. Kubvira mumakore okutanga ePeoples Republic, mitambo yakanga yaita basa rinokosha mukukurukurirana, kazhinji ichibatanidza mashoko okuti Ushamwari Kutanga, Makwikwi Chechipiri. Mumakore ekuzviparadzanisa, vatambi vaive pakati pevagari vashoma vePRC vaibvumidzwa kuenda kunze kwenyika. Musi waApril 10, 1971, boka racho nevatori venhau vaifamba naro vakava nhume yokutanga yokuAmerica kupinda muguta guru reChina kubvira muna 1949. Musangano wacho wakaitwa neNational Committee on United States China Relations. Pamberi peshanyo yavatambi veTennis veAmerica, vaAmerica vane gumi nomumwe vakagamuchirwa muPRC kwevhiki imwe nokuti vose vakataura kuti vanobatana neBlack Panther Party, iyo yakatevera mutsara wezvematongerwe enyika weMaoist. Izvi zvakanga zvisina kujairika, zvichipiwa kuti vagari veAmerica vakakurumbira vakadai saSenator Eugene McCarthy vakaratidza kufarira kushanyira China mushure mesarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika ya1968, asi kunyange iye aisagona kuronga rwendo kwaari pasinei nehofisi yake. 