Do you still remember the ping pong diplomacy that the teacher talked about in history class that broke the ice of Sino-US relations?

On the 18th local time, witnesses of table tennis diplomacy Liang Geliang and Zheng Huaiying and members of the U.S. delegation that visited China for the first time that year, Dale Swillis and Coney Swillis, once again faced off on the same stage at the University of Michigan. The young and old kids tested their skills.

Together we recreate the classic historical scenes of that year.

The "China Table Tennis Visiting Delegation" led by Wang Jiarui, Chairman of the Seventh Council of the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation and Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, includes Ding Ning, the women's table tennis singles champion at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and Wang Hao, a former member of the Chinese national team who is a world champion.

, women's table tennis world champion and Chinese table tennis women's team coach Qiao Hong, former Olympic champion Yan Sen, and veterans Liang Geliang and Zheng Huaiying.

On the 18th, the delegation moved to the University of Michigan, where the Chinese table tennis team visited the United States for the first time in 45 years. During the visit, they arranged for the Chinese team members Liang Geliang and Zheng Huaiying, who competed at the University of Michigan in 1972, as well as Dell and Connie from the American team.

Once again facing off on the same stage, the veterans’ swords were still fresh, and the obvious changes in Sino-US relations over the past 45 years were particularly touching and surprising to the fans in the audience.

Jan Berris, who participated in planning Sino-US table tennis diplomatic activities 45 years ago, also accompanied the delegation to visit the University of Michigan on the 18th. Now she is the vice president of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, she reunited with Liang Geliang and Zheng Huaiying and felt "

Very excited".