Zhuang Zedong

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Zhuang Zedong was a Chinese table tennis champion best known for his pivotal role in initiating Sino-American rapprochement through ping-pong diplomacy in the early 1970s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese table tennis player
human
table tennis player
world champion
activeYearsInSport 1950s
1960s
early 1970s
awardReceived World Table Tennis Championships men's singles gold medal NERFINISHED
World Table Tennis Championships team gold medal
causeOfDeath cancer
countryOfCitizenship China
dateOfBirth 1940-08-25
dateOfDeath 2013-02-10
era Cold War
ethnicGroup Han Chinese
familyName Zhuang NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Zedong NERFINISHED
influenced Sino-American relations
knownFor Chinese table tennis dominance in the 1960s
Sino-American rapprochement
ping-pong diplomacy NERFINISHED
languageSpoken Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED
memberOfSportsTeam Chinese national table tennis team NERFINISHED
name Zhuang Zedong NERFINISHED
nationality Chinese
nativeName 庄则栋 NERFINISHED
notableEvent interaction with American player Glenn Cowan in 1971
occupation coach
table tennis player
participatedIn World Table Tennis Championships NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth China NERFINISHED
Jiangsu NERFINISHED
Yangzhou NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Beijing NERFINISHED
China NERFINISHED
politicalAffiliation Chinese Communist Party NERFINISHED
residence Beijing NERFINISHED
roleInEvent initiator of ping-pong diplomacy
sport table tennis
spouse Bao Huiqiao NERFINISHED
Xiao Huan NERFINISHED
worldChampionIn men's singles table tennis
worldChampionTitleCount 3
worldChampionYears 1961
1963
1965

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Ping-pong diplomacy keyFigure Zhuang Zedong