The day we recorded this was the day of the G7 Summit where President Biden said that something needed to be done about the rise of China. Perhaps he could take a leaf out of history and organise some friendly ping-pong games? This week on That Time When, Amelia tells us about how ping-pong softened relations between America and China in the 1970s, and we ask if it was truly a spur of the moment gesture, or perhaps a carefully planned PR stunt.

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