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Revolution and Evolution in Modern China
"When the sleeping dragon awakes," Napoleon once said of China, "he will shake the world." In the 20th century, multiple upheavals shook the Asian giant. The rule of emperors gave way to civil war and the Communist revolution, closing China to the world. The doors slowly opened in the 1970s with new diplomatic ties and economic reforms. The crackdown on democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square in 1989 barely checked China's growth, and today the world's most populous nation is on its way to superpower status. CBC Archives presents China as CBC journalists have seen it over the decades.

	The leaders of post-imperial China		Communists poised for victory		'Two innocents in Red China'
	Early 20th century China was dominated by Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong. (Radio; runs 3:39)		What kind of government, nationalist or communist, would be better for peasants in China? (Radio; runs 6:36)		Author Jacques Hébert recalls travelling to China with Pierre Trudeau in 1960. (Radio; runs 7:36)

	Mao's Cultural Revolution		'Ping-pong diplomacy'		Trudeau goes to China
	A CBC crew visits a sewing-machine factory that exemplifies the ideals of China's Cultural Revolution. (TV; runs 11:12)		A series of games between U.S. and Chinese ping-pong teams opens up China-U.S. relations. (TV; runs 7:41)		The Canadian prime minister is granted an audience with Chairman Mao. (TV; runs 5:42)

	China reaches out		The loneliest number?		Massacre in Beijing's Tiananmen Square
	Trade with the west is exploding and industrialization is increasing as China leaves Mao's influence behind. (Radio; runs 12:33)		China attempts to check overpopulation with a policy permitting just one child for each family. (TV; runs 2:56)		The Chinese military puts down pro-democracy protests with a bloody show of force. (TV; runs 6:08)

	Capitalism, Chinese style		The hungry dragon
	Entrepreneurs and foreign investors are hoping to cash in on China's booming "socialist market economy." (TV; runs 15:40)		China's growing car culture and accelerating economy are fuelling a nearly unquenchable thirst for oil. (TV; runs 11:30)

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