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Zhou Enlai - or Chou En-laiboth: jō ĕn-lī, 1898–1976, Chinese Communist leader. A member of a noted Mandarin family, he was educated in China at an American-supported school and a university in Japan. His involvement in radical movements led to several months imprisonment. After his release he studied (1920–22) in France. A founder of the Chinese Communist party, he established (1922) the Paris-based Chinese Communist Youth Group. After a few months in England, he studied in Germany. Zhou returned (1924) to China and joined Sun Yat-sen, who was then cooperating with the Communists. He served (1924–26) as deputy director of the political department at the Whampoa Military Academy, of which Chiang Kai-shek was commandant. After the Northern Expedition began, he worked as a labor organizer. In 1927 he directed a general strike in Shanghai, opening the city to Chiang's Nationalist forces. When Chiang broke with the Communists, executing many of his former allies, Zhou became a fugitive from the Kuomintang. Later, holding prominent military and political posts in the Communist party, he participated in the long march (1934–35) to NW China. During the partial Communist-Kuomintang rapprochement (1936–46) he was the chief Communist liaison officer. In 1949, with the establishment of the People's Republic of China at Beijing, Zhou became premier and foreign minister. He headed the Chinese Communist delegation to the Geneva Conference of 1954 and to the Bandung Conference (1955). In 1958 he relinquished the foreign ministry but retained the premiership. A practical-minded administrator, Zhou maintained his position through all of Communist China's ideological upheavals, including the Great Leap Forward (1958) and the Cultural Revolution (1966–76). Initially supportive of the latter, he was periodically attacked by Red Guards for attempting to shelter its victims. He was largely responsible for China's reestablishing contacts with the West in the early 1970s before becoming ill. He died Jan., 1976.

See biographies by D. W. Chang (1984) and D. Wilson (1984).

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Zhou Enlai: The Early Years » Read Now
by Chae-Jin Lee. 246 pgs.

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...ZHOU ENLAI The Early Years -ii- Zhou Enlai THE EARLY YEARS Chae-Jin Lee Stanford University Press...After having carefully read a number of biographical studies on Zhou...
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A Dictionary of Political Biography ("Zhou Enlai" begins on p. 520) » Read Now
by Dennis Kavanagh. 523 pgs.

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From Churchill, Stalin, and Kennedy, to Blair, Clinton and Mandela, A Dictionary of Political Biography covers all the major figures in world politics of the twentieth century. Compiled by an expert team of contributors under the editorship of Dennis Kavanagh, this new dictionary contains over 1,000...
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From Churchill, Stalin, and Kennedy, to Blair, Clinton and Mandela, A Dictionary of Political Biography covers all the major figures in world politics of the twentieth century. Compiled by an expert team of contributors under the editorship of Dennis Kavanagh, this new dictionary contains over 1,000 entries which describe and assess the lives of the men and women who have shaped political events across the world. Each entry includes an account of the background, career, and achievements of the individual concerned, balancing fact with critical appraisal. Including entries on Idi Amin, Yasser Arafat, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Slobadan Milosevic, Francois Mitterrand, Mary Robinson, and Mao Zedong, A Dictionary of Political Biography is an indispensable and authoritative reference for anyone interested in twentieth-century history and politics.
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China: An Introduction ("The Poised Spokesman: Zhou Enlai" begins on p. 222) » Read Now
by Lucian W. Pye. 400 pgs.

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...practice and used Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai. Each system has its problems for...Kissinger. The deaths of Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai in 1976 prompted new...
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Gun Barrel Politics: Party--Army Relations in Mao's China » Read Now
by Fang Chu. 280 pgs.

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Although the Chinese military elites throughout the Maoist period played a pivotal role in party politics, they remained compliant to the ultimate party rule. This paradoxical behavior is explained by the dualistic nature of the Maoist political system, which institutionalized military participation...
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Although the Chinese military elites throughout the Maoist period played a pivotal role in party politics, they remained compliant to the ultimate party rule. This paradoxical behavior is explained by the dualistic nature of the Maoist political system, which institutionalized military participation in the political leadership while impeding the development of military professionalism & bureaucratic autonomy. This central theme is developed through theoretical discussions, structural analyses, & historical case studies. The book offers a military-centered interpretation of the political history of Maoist China.
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The Dynamics of Foreign-Policy Decisionmaking in China » Read Now
by Ning Lu. 220 pgs.

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"[A] pathbreaking volume ... the best book published to date on the process of foreign policy-making in China.... Fascinating & important details." Foreign Affairs "Offers an important insider's insight into the secretive Chinese foreign policymaking system in an age when China's participation in...
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"[A] pathbreaking volume ... the best book published to date on the process of foreign policy-making in China.... Fascinating & important details." Foreign Affairs "Offers an important insider's insight into the secretive Chinese foreign policymaking system in an age when China's participation in international relations is dramatically expanding." Choice
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China's Road to the Korean War: The Making of the Sino-American Confrontation » Read Now
by Chen Jian. 333 pgs.

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Rebellions and Revolutions: China from the 1800s to the 1980s » Read Now
by Jack Gray. 456 pgs.

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...Peoples Republic. Oct. I Zhou Enlai appointed Prime Minister and Minister...Outbreak of the Korean War. 27 Zhou Enlai denounces Trumans order to the...Co-operation. 1956...
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The Culture of Power: The Lin Biao Incident in the Cultural Revolution » Read Now
by Jin Qiu. 280 pgs.

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On the night of September 12-13, 1971, Lin Biao, Mao Zedong's officially recognized closest comrade-in-arms and chosen successor, was killed in a mysterious plane crash in Mongolia. The Chinese government did not issue an announcement of Lin's death, and it became generally known only in the summer...
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On the night of September 12-13, 1971, Lin Biao, Mao Zedong's officially recognized closest comrade-in-arms and chosen successor, was killed in a mysterious plane crash in Mongolia. The Chinese government did not issue an announcement of Lin's death, and it became generally known only in the summer of 1972, when the official explanation stated that Lin had masterminded plans for a coup d'etat and the assassination of Mao, and died fleeing to the Soviet Union after both plans had failed. But no convincing proof was offered to substantiate these claims, and the Lin Biao incident has remained an unsolved mystery.
The author brings unique credentials to her reexamination of the incident. She is the daughter of the former commander-in-chief of the Chinese air force, who served under Lin and, along with thousands of others, was imprisoned as a result of the purges that followed Lin's death. For this book, she has drawn upon her father's unpublished memoirs, interviews with former high government officials and their families, and her own experience and acquaintances among the government's elite families, as well as an abundance of newly available documents. The book reexplores three key questions surrounding the Lin Biao incident: Why would Lin, the brilliant architect of pivotal victories in the Civil War who had been doggedly loyal to Mao for decades, suddenly attempt an ill-conceived coup? Why, when the alleged coup failed, would he defect to the Soviet Union? And why and how did Lin's plane crash?
Challenging the official account, this book puts forth a radically different interpretation of the incident, arguing that in a narrow sense it was a consequence of the poisonous interplay ofgovernmental politics and family politics during the Cultural Revolution. The roles of Lin's wife, Ye Qun, and son, Lin Liguo, in the events leading up to the fateful flight are fully discussed for the first time in any lang
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Maoist Discourse and a Critique of the Present Assessments of the Cultural Revolution, in Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars » Read Now
by Mobo C. F. Gao. 20 pgs.

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...such as Chen Duxiu, Li Dazhao, and Zhou Enlai into communists. Under these circumstances...ones that follow of Jiang Qing and Zhou Enlai are from a book published by...