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This report reviews development of Sino-Canadian academic relations over the past 25 years. It offers an overview of four periods of Sino-Canadian academic relations (1970-79, 1979-83, 1983-89, and 1989-95), and briefly describes a number of programs in six areas: (1) foreign trade and economic cooperation, (2) foreign affairs and international trade, (3) science and technology, (4) natural sciences and engineering, (5) social sciences and humanities, and (6) provincial initiatives. Included also are profiles of China-related activities at 30 Canadian universities, including: University of Alberta, University of British Columbia, University of Calgary, Carleton University, Concordia University, Dalhousie University, University of Guelph, Laurentian University of Sudbury, Universite Laval, University of Manitoba, McGill University, McMaster University, Universite de Montreal, University of New Brunswick, University of Ottawa, Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Universite du Quebec a Trois Rivieres, Queen's University at Kingston, University of Regina, Ryerson Polytechnic University, Saint Mary's University, University of Saskatchewan, Simon Fraser University, Technical University of Nova Scotia, University of Toronto, University of Victoria, University of Waterloo, University of Western Ontario, and York University. Study findings are summarized from both a Canadian and a Chinese perspective. Twenty-five appendixes contain tables and charts of data and reference material on Sino-Canadian academic cooperative programs. (Contains 14 references.) (CH)