Ep. 161 | Zhou Enlai (Part 1)
The China History Podcast
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Zhou Enlai - The Most Wanted Man
Zhou Enlai was the most prominent to a group of Chinese comrades known as the French returnees. Zhou's time in France provided him with excellent training in how to evade the authorities. The KMT secret police had one heck of a time trying to catch Zhou Enlai cheating. Joe Enlai openly wore two hats: First he was the Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party of Guangdong and Guangxi. At the same time, he was made the political director of the first army of the newly created and Soviet-funded Wampola Military Academy.Joe held the rank of Major General and was perfectly positioned inside the operation to carefully grow and nurture the CCP.
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