Zhou Enlai

Zhou Enlai (or Chou En-lai ) ( 1898 – 1976 )
Chinese Communist statesman, Prime Minister of China ( 1949 – 76 ). One of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party, he joined Sun Yat-sen in 1924 . In 1927 he organized a Communist workers' revolt in Shanghai in support of the Kuomintang forces surrounding the city. In the early 1930s he formed a partnership with Mao Zedong , supporting his rise to power within the Communist Party in 1935 . On the formation of the People's Republic of China in 1949 Zhou became Premier and also served as Foreign Minister ( 1949 –...

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