Ep. 168 | Zhou Enlai (Part 8)
The China History Podcast
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The Unforgiving Rule of Zhongnan Hai
Joe and Lai had carried out Mao's will going back to the anti-ritus campaign. Doctors recommended a treatment that offered about an 80 to 90% chance of recovery. But there was this strange rule in the world of Zhongnan Hai for standing committee members. The record is pretty clear that Mao denied the treatment that might have saved Joe.
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