{"id":157953,"date":"2026-09-25T01:30:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T01:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=157953"},"modified":"2026-09-25T01:30:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T01:30:39","slug":"from-ping-pong-to-pickleball-chinas-unofficial-approach-to-diplomatic-messaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=157953","title":{"rendered":"From ping-pong to pickleball: China\u2019s unofficial approach to diplomatic messaging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostBefore setting off for Washington on Wednesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping had some correspondence to attend to.<br \/>\nDozens of students from 10 US universities, including Harvard, had written to Xi about their experiences on an exchange trip to China this year.<br \/>\nAccording to the State Council, Xi responded with a call to the students to advance cooperation between the two countries.<br \/>\nThe gesture extended a pattern.<br \/>\nFor decades, Beijing has often turned to unofficial channels, from prominent&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3368733\/ping-pong-pickleball-chinas-unofficial-approach-diplomatic-messaging?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostBefore setting off for Washington on Wednesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping had some correspondence to attend to. Dozens of students from 10 US universities,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157953"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=157953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=157953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=157953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=157953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}