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Ep. 168 | Zhou Enlai (Part 8)

Ep. 168 | Zhou Enlai (Part 8)

FromThe China History Podcast


Ep. 168 | Zhou Enlai (Part 8)

FromThe China History Podcast

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Length:
70 minutes
Released:
Apr 7, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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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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.