before they were deployed to South East Asia as part of secret British-led Force 136 unit during the Second World War. The story of that successful mission and Canada's racist policies is told in "Force 136: Chinese-Canadian Heroes," a mini-documentary available online on the Storyhive YouTube channel and on Telus Optik TV starting Friday. Veteran Ronald Lee is honoured in the new documentary, Force 136. So they knew from experience in World War I that this was going to be a problem," Yu says. Chinese-Canadians were recruited into Force 136 with the belief they'd blend in behind enemy lines, he says.

Source: CBC News November 11, 2017 18:00 UTC