Ep. 167 | Zhou Enlai (Part 7)
The China History Podcast
Laszlo Montgomery
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2016
⏱️ 61 minutes
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In this longer than expected seventh episode of the series, the Cultural Revolution gets underway, something that Zhou will have to deal with until his dying day. Aside from this, China's illustrious premier also has his hands full with a thousand other responsibilities, both foreign and domestic.
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| 0:29.0 | Hey everyone, Las La Montgomery again, Part 7 today in this overview of the Life and Times of Premier Joe and Lai. |
| 0:38.0 | We looked at his upbringing in Huai on in Jiangsu province, growing up in a well-off family that had seen better days |
| 0:45.0 | than his time spent in Tianjin at Nankai Middle School. |
| 0:49.0 | Later Japan, followed by the May 4th Movement, which impacted Joe and everyone else who later on played a starring role in the establishment of the PRC. |
| 0:59.0 | From these days in Tianjin, Japan, and then later in France, Joe and Lai became known throughout the communist movement |
| 1:06.2 | as someone who knew how to get things done. |
| 1:09.5 | Because of his ability, charisma, good looks, and people skills. |
| 1:14.6 | He became a leader and someone universally admired for his ability to organize, lead, |
| 1:20.0 | teach, and keep cool under sustained pressure. |
| 1:24.4 | Joe's education continued on in Europe from 1920 to 1924, |
| 1:29.6 | and we saw how his abilities to organize and manage affairs in France got noticed and this led to |
| 1:35.6 | his appointment at the Wampoa Military Academy where many of the greatest PLA generals were |
| 1:41.2 | his students. |
| 1:42.8 | From there, Joe began his steady ascent up the CCP ladder. |
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