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Ping-pong the latest vehicle for China’s continuing face-off with Taiwan
“No politics at the Olympics! Bye! Thank you!” To be fair to the group of Chinese fans outside the table tennis arena at Porte de Versailles, this is undoubtedly the most sensible answer to any question about the tectonic ripples, the ping-pong diplomacy …