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In Canadian diplomatic lore, October 13, 1970 will likely be remembered for a single momentous event.
That was the day Canada became one of the first Western countries to officially recognize the People’s Republic of China, 20 years after the Communist Party took control of the world’s most populous nation.
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But the dramatic gesture had a less-noticed footnote, too. As the government made its announcement in Parliament that morning, the nationalist Chinese the Taiwanese quietly shuttered their Ottawa embassy, the ambassador heading to the city’s Uplands airport for a final flight out.
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