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Fill in the blanks with proper words. The first letter of each word is given.

Forty-five Years of Ping-Pong Diplomacy

The University of Michigan in the United Sates welcomed a great n 1. of visitors in September. They came to c 2. the 45th anniversary of ping-pong diplomacy（外交）between China and the US. Some of them were ping-pong p 3. from the two countries, reported China Youth Daily.

In 1971, a US ping-pong team came to China at the invitation of the Chinese team. They were the f 4. group of Americans allowed into China after many years of cold relations beginning from 1949.

A year later, a Chinese ping-pong team visited the US in 1972. Its first s 5. was the University of Michigan. The visits helped s 6. up the diplomatic relations between China and the United States in 1979.

In 2017, d 7. the university’s celebration, there was an exhibition match, Former would champions Liang Gelilang and Zheng Huaiying from China played against American players Dell and Connie Sweeris. They first met each other and b 8. friends in 1971 when the US team visited Beijing.

Connie Sweeris, now 70 years old, still remembers her first trip to China.

“Chinese players and people were very f 9. and welcoming,” she told China Daily. “We not only shared table tennis but also our c 10. and life together.”

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