Ep. 161 | Zhou Enlai (Part 1)
The China History Podcast
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What Happened to Zhou Enlai?
Jiang Kai-Shak was the main person in charge at the Wampoa Military Academy. He saw how the army was being openly and secretly infiltrated with Communists, left-leaning elements. Zhou Enlai had just returned from Shonto when all this went down. Jiang claimed no knowledge of this order and accused Zhou of trying to make some kind of power play. The commander of the gunboat was immediately arrested. There was a massive roundup of all communists. Nierong Zhang was one of the fish caught in that particular net. On April 11th, feeling confident at the turn of events, Jiang dismissed Zhou as Director of the Political Department of the Academy and as head of the
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