Our local master go player and master carpenter, Frank Salantire, was tapped by the Obama administration to make a go board from special Hawaiian koa wood, which was presented to President Hu of China this week.
This all was done in less than a week. Frank was asked to do this because the president of the American Go Association remembered what a fine job he did making a unique go board in the shape of North Carolina for our 2006 Go congress.
And as you can see, it made the news in China.
FotoRocket 
Awesome photographs.
The next evolution in Ping-pong diplomacy.
Thanks much. Spread the word!
It’s so nice to see Go get this kind of political attention – many thanks for the photos!
what I want to know is how they got the listening device inside π
Great photos! Thanks for posting them!
cool stuff. think Obama tried it out?
Who knows. But we tried it out.
Nice to see see
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Peter,
Looks like great review to complement a great show. Blue Greenberg is clearly a most discerning critic. Bravo!
Yes, I was happy with the review. She has been favorable to me in the past. Thank you!
Beautifully designed, I’ve been dying to see what the board looked like.
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