World Dog Alliance: From 'Ping-Pong Diplomacy' to 'Dog and Cat Diplomacy' -- The Icebreaker Between China and the United States
"Ping-Pong Diplomacy" refers to the exchange of table tennis players between the U.S. and China in 1971, which resulted in a thaw in Sino-American relations.
- "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" refers to the exchange of table tennis players between the U.S. and China in 1971, which resulted in a thaw in Sino-American relations.
- Since the COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020, Genlin, the founder of The World Dog Alliance (WDA), has been calling for the Chinese government to "ban wild meat for health; ban dog and cat meat for morality.
- "In April 2020, Shenzhen became the first city in China to ban the consumption of dog, cat, and wild animal meat.
- Soon after, in May 2020, China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs reclassified dogs and cats from "livestock" to "companion animals."