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Ep. 168 | Zhou Enlai (Part 8)
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70 minutes
Released:
Apr 7, 2016
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In this bonus one hour plus episode we look at the last six years of Zhou Enlai's life. It was a bittersweet end for Premier Zhou. In between doing great things for China and guiding the country's general well-being he was forced to play a central role in some of the worst internecine politics in CCP history. Terms from this episode Sun Weishi 孙维世 Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao's adopted daughter Jiang Qing 江青 Wife of Mao Zedong, Gang of Fouyr leader Lin Biao 林彪 Revolutionary hero, great general, Mao chosen successor Chen Yi 陈毅 Another great military leader, later foreign minister Liu Shaoqi 刘少奇 State Chairman (title changed to president in 1982), main target of Cultural Revolution Chen Boda 陈伯达 Former secretary, speechwriter to Mao Zhang Chunqiao 张春桥 Political theoretician, later member of the Gang of Four Yao Wenyuan 姚文元 Prominent writer, critic...wrote the initial critique of Wu Han's play that kicked off the Cultural Revolution Lushan 庐山 Scenic spot in northern Jiangxi, site of many historic meetings Poyang Lake 鄱阳湖 China's largest freshwater lake Jiangxi Province 江西 Province in eastern China Xian Incident 西安事变 October 12, 1936 kidnapping of Chiang Kai-shek Peng Dehuai 彭德怀 Great military leader, destroyed by Mao at Lushan in 1959 due to criticism of the Great Leap Forward Zhuang Zedong 庄则栋 One of China's greatest table tennis champions Wu Faxian 吴法宪 Former Air Force commander, staunch Lin Biao supporter Ye Qun 叶群 Wife of Lin Biao Lin Liguo 林立果 Son of Lin Biao, main planner of the attempted coup of Lin Biao Beidaihe 北戴河 Beach resort near Qinhuangdao, Hebei province, popularly used as a Party retreat for informal meetings Shanhaiguan 山海关 Historic district near to Beidaihe and Qinhuangdao "Tian yao xia yu, niang yao jia ren, wufa keshe, you ta qu ba!" 天要下雨,娘要嫁人,无法可设,由他去吧 the heavens must rain and a woman wants to be wed....nothing can be done about this....let him go." Zunyi Conference 遵义会议 Historic CCP conference in January 1935 in which Mao and Bo Gu fought for supremacy Zhongnanhai 中南海 Government leadership compound adjacent to the Forbidden City Deng Yingchao 邓颖超 Wife of Zhou Enlai, later chairperson of the CPPCC Wumao's 五毛党 People in the Party's employ responsible for flooding the internet with pro-Party comments in an effort to sway public opinion. Wang Hairong 王海容 Mao's grand niece and later vice minister of the Foreign Ministry Nancy Tang Wensheng 唐文生 Mao's English interpreter Wang Hongwen 王洪文 Young, unknown Shanghai radical hand picked by Mao to be his successor Xinjian County Tractor Factory 新建县拖拉机厂 Factory outside Nanchang where Deng Xiaoping was sent to work after his first political purge ion 1969 Nanchang 南昌 Capital of Jiangxi province Pi Lin Pi Kong 批林批孔运动 The Criticize Lin Biao, Criticize Confucius Campaign Ye Jianying 叶剑英 Great PLA general, great leader, rose to the occasion at several key moments in China history Luo Ruiqing 罗瑞卿 Popular general, early victim of the Cultural Revolution Mao Yuanxin 毛远新 Mao's nephew, son of his younger brother Mao Zemin Sige Xiandaihua 四个现代化 The Four Modernizations Hua Guofeng 华国锋 named as acting Premier to replace Zhou, later Party Chairman Zhu De 朱德 PLA founder, great general and comrade of Mao Tangshan 唐山 City in Hebei, just east of Beijing, epicenter of the great earthquake of 1976 Li Xiannian 李先念 Great military and political leader, later President of Chian 1983-88 Wang Dongxing 汪东兴 Mao's bodyguard during the Cultural Revolution years. Commander of the 8341 Special Regiment Gaige kaifang 改革开放 The policy of reform and opening up to the outside world.
Released:
Apr 7, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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