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A half-century journey from Pierre Trudeau to Mark Carney

Pierre Trudeau, who championed establishi­ng diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China, meets Mao Zedong, the founder of the communist state. It is the first trip by a Canadian leader to the country since the Communist Party took power in 1949.

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