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Ep. 163 | Zhou Enlai (Part 3)

Ep. 163 | Zhou Enlai (Part 3)

FromThe China History Podcast


Ep. 163 | Zhou Enlai (Part 3)

FromThe China History Podcast

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Length:
52 minutes
Released:
Nov 30, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this Part 3 episode the story of Zhou Enlai is taken all the way up to the 1943 Yan'an Rectification Campaign.  We'll look at the Zunyi Conference, the Long March, the Xian Incident and finally the ill-fated Second United Front.  At every historic moment, Zhou Enlai was there, playing a lead role. TERMS FROM THIS EPISODE Ruijin   瑞金   City on Fujian-Jiangxi border Gu Shunzhang   顾顺章 Early CCP leader and later betrayer Xiang Zhongfa   向忠发 Early CCP leader appointed by the Comintern. Bo Gu 博古 One of the 28 Bolsheviks and right hand to Wang Ming Zhu De   朱德 Founder of the Red Army Guizhou   贵州 Western province in China Liping   黎平 City in eastern Guizhou Guiyang Capital of Guizhou Province Zunyi   遵义 City just north of Liping Zunyi Huiyi The Zunyi Conference Wang Ming   王明 Comintern appointed CCP leader and head of the 28 Bolsheviks Zhang Wentian 张闻天 Former 28 Bolshevik and Party leader who sided with Mao Wang Jiaxiang 王稼祥 Another former 28 Bolshevik and Party leader who sided with Mao Yang Shangkun 杨尚昆 Major CCP leader and later President of PRC Zhang Guotao 张国焘 CCP founding member, Mao rival and later KMT defector Lianghekou 两河口 Place in northern Sichuan, site of the Lianghekou Meeting 6/28/1935 Maoergai 毛儿盖 Place in northern Sichuan, site of the Maoergai Meeting in August 2935. Dadu River 大渡河 River in Sichuan, site of a famous battle during the Long March retreat Yang Lisan   楊立三 Future PRC minister, helped carry Zhou's stretcher during the Long March Zong Hòuqín Bù 总后勤部 Logistics and supply division of the PLA Fu Lianzhang 傅连暲 Nelson Fu, Western trained Chinese doctor who made the Long March Deng Yingchao 邓颖超   Wife and lifelong partner of Zhou Enlai Yang Hucheng 杨虎城 Nationalist general commanding the Northwest Army Dongbei Jun 东北军 The Northeast Army Zhang Xueliang 张学良 The Young Marshal, son of Zhang Zuolin, PRC hero, ROC villain. Shao Shi   少师 Young Marchal Zhang Zuolin   张作霖 The Manchurian Warlord, father of Zhang Xueliang Jiu Yi Ba 九一八 September 18, 1931 the Mukden Incident Pu Yi 溥仪 the Last Emperor, brought out of retirement to be the figurehead of Manchukuo Manchukuo 满洲国 Japanese puppet state set up in Manchuria Yan'an 延安 Revolutionary base of the CCP after the Long March Shaanxi 陕西 Northwest province of China. Xian 西安 Site of ancient Chinese capitals and the capital of Shaanxi Province Xinhua 新华 New China Luoyang   洛阳 Former imperial capital from ancient times, city in Henan Tang Xuanzong   唐玄宗 The Tang Dynasty emperor who took the dynasty to great heights Yang Guifei 杨贵妃 Tang Xuanzong's favorite concubine H.H. Kung 孔祥熙 Husband of Song Ailing and consummate insider into ROC politics Song Meiling 宋美龄 Madame Chiang Kai-shek T.V. Soong 宋子文 Brother of the Soong Sisters Chiang Ching-kuo   蒋经国 Future ROC president and son of Chiang Kai-shek Song Qingling   宋庆龄   Madame Sun Yat-sen Xikou   溪口 Near Ningbo, the birthplace of Chiang Kai-shek and location of the Young Marshal's first prison. Ba Lu Jun 八路军 The Eighth Route Army Peng Dehuai   彭德怀 Great Red Army general Ye Ting  叶挺 Red Army general from the early days of the revolution Xiang Ying 项英 Early CCP organizer and leader in the New Fourth Army Chongqing   重庆 Wartime capital of China after it was removed from Nanjing and Wuhan Lan Ping - Jiang Qing 蓝苹 - 江青 - Madame Mao Xinhua Ribao 新华日报 the New China Daily. Tai'erzhuang campaign 台儿庄会战 a.k.a. The Battle of Taierzhuang. The Rep. of China's first victory over the Japanese army. Li Zongren 李宗仁 former Guangxi warlord together with Bai Chongxi Bai Chongxi   白崇禧 former Guangxi warlord together with Li Zongren Wuhan   武汉 City in Hubei made up of Wuchang, Hankou and Hanyang Bai Qiu'en 白求恩Norman Bethune Dong Biwu   董必武 Early CCP leader and founding member Chen Duxiu   陈独秀   CCP Co-Founder, along with Li Dazhao Changsha 长沙 Capital of Hunan Province Guilin 桂林 Picturesque city in Guangxi Province Ye Jianying   叶剑英 Immortal Communist military leader and statesman Dai Li 戴笠 Chiang Kai-shek's secret police chief Shangguan Yunxiang   上官云相
Released:
Nov 30, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

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Since 2010, The China History Podcast, presented by Laszlo Montgomery presents over two hundred episodes of curated topics from China's antiquity to modern times.