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| Will Canada recognize Communist China? The Canadian ambassador says there's no reason why Canada and China can't do business after the communist takeover.
![](/web/20061029195606im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) Oct. 26, 1949 - 2:58 ![](/web/20061029195606im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_radio.gif) | |
| World reacts to Chinese revolution Britain is the first world power to recognize China's new Communist regime under Mao.
![](/web/20061029195606im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) Jan. 6, 1950 - 2:24 ![](/web/20061029195606im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_radio.gif) | |
| Scenes from the Great Leap Forward Canadian visitors to China describe the sights and sounds of Mao's push for modernization.
![](/web/20061029195606im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) Feb. 18, 1959 - 7:52 ![](/web/20061029195606im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_radio.gif) | |
| Debating China and the UN How will China's seat at the UN change the global political spectrum?
![](/web/20061029195606im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) Oct. 31, 1971 - 4:09 ![](/web/20061029195606im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_radio.gif) | |
| New reality in old China In the birthplace of Confucius, peasants' standards of living improve after economic reforms.
![](/web/20061029195606im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) Sept. 1, 1986 - 4:16 ![](/web/20061029195606im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_tv.gif) | |
| Business vs. bureaucracy It's not always smooth sailing for foreigners trying to do business in China.
![](/web/20061029195606im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) Oct. 8, 1986 - 4:06 ![](/web/20061029195606im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_tv.gif) | |
| Troops gather in Tiananmen Square The Chinese government declares martial law in an effort to put down pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing.
![](/web/20061029195606im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) May 19, 1989 - 4:18 ![](/web/20061029195606im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_tv.gif) | |
| Students shocked by Tiananmen Square massacre Chinese students in Canada feel a duty to tell citizens of their home country what has happened in Tiananmen Square.
![](/web/20061029195606im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) June 4, 1989 - 12:44 ![](/web/20061029195606im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_radio.gif) | |
| Canadian MPs expelled from China Three visiting parliamentarians are asked to leave China when they push too hard on human rights.
![](/web/20061029195606im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) Jan. 11, 1992 - 6:51 ![](/web/20061029195606im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_tv.gif) | |
| China joins the space race China's first "taikonaut" is launched into orbit as the country develops its technological know-how.
![](/web/20061029195606im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) Oct. 15, 2003 - 13:35 ![](/web/20061029195606im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_radio.gif) | |
| Rating China's human rights record A human-rights activist describes the dismal everyday life of workers in China.
![](/web/20061029195606im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) Jan. 20, 2005 - 4:13 ![](/web/20061029195606im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_radio.gif) | |