US, China need to continue to 'play ping-pong' with each other: US expert

The United States and China need to continue to "play ping pong" with each other and invest more in the foundation of their consequential bilateral relationship, a leading U.S. expert on China has said.

Talking about the "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" that helped break the ice between China and the United States, and referring to it as "one of the powerful breakthroughs in the early 1970s," Daniel B. Wright, founder, president and CEO of GreenPoint Group said in a recent interview with Xinhua that both sides have benefited from "that vision as a way to pierce through the wall by playing ping pong together."

"I have benefited from that, as well. You have benefited from that openness and flow of ideas, flow of people, flow of sports. So we need to continue to do that, to play together more, to share meals together more," Wright said.

"Most importantly, we need to continue to play ping pong with each other. I'd like to emphasize that point," he said.

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