Zhou Enlai by Michael Dillon - 9781788319300

Zhou EnlaiThe Enigma Behind Chairman Mao\nAuthor(s): Michael Dillon\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: I.B. Tauris\nISBN-13: 9781788319300, 978-1788319300\nSynopsis\nEnigmatic, Eminence grise, the power behind the throne these phrases sum up Zhou Enlais long and varied, but always pivotal, political career in the Chinese Communist Party from the 1920s to 1970s. \n\nBorn in 1898, Zhou witnessed several of the most important events in Chinas modern history and was a close associate of both the nationalist leader Chiang Kai-Shek and communist leader Mao Zedong, whom he served under as Chinas first premier from 1949 until 1976. Zhou was also a major ally of Deng Xiaoping a source, for example, of major influence on his Four Modernizations in agriculture, industry, science and technology, and the military. He was thus the prime architect of Chinas drive towards superpower status and one of the key determinants of Chinas central role in the.