US-China Building Diplomacy Via Arts and Culture
Remember Ping Pong diplomacy? Well, if sports helped improve relations between the US and China in the 1970s…
Why not try the same thing for culture and ideas?
A high-profile American cultural delegation is visiting China right now.
The group includes several prominent figures Cellist Yo Yo Ma and author Amy
Tan, Filmmaker Joel Coen and Actress Meryl Streep.
The World’s Beijing correspondent Mary Kay Magistad is covering their visit.
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