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Ep. 167 | Zhou Enlai (Part 7)

Ep. 167 | Zhou Enlai (Part 7)

FromThe China History Podcast


Ep. 167 | Zhou Enlai (Part 7)

FromThe China History Podcast

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Length:
66 minutes
Released:
Mar 11, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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.    Terms from this Episode: Zhou Enlai   周恩来   China's beloved premier and statesman Huai'an 淮安 City in Jiangsu Province, birthplace of Zhou Enlai Jiangsu   江苏   Rich coastal province in China Nankai Middle School 天津南开中学   Famed school where Zhou attended Tianjin   天津   Municipality just east of Beijing Whampoa Military Academy   中华民国陆军军官学校   Military academy located in Guangzhou Jinggangshan   井冈山 Soviet base set up by Mao in the mountains of Jiangxi Zhu De   朱德   PLA founder and legendary general Liu Shaoqi   刘少奇   Great Chinese leader, persecuted by Mao during Cultural Revolution Deng Xiaoping   邓小平 China's supreme leader in the 1980's Yang Shangkun   杨尚昆   Chinese leader and one of the Eight Immortals Peng Zhen   彭真 Chinese leader and one of the Eight Immortals Peng Dehuai   彭德怀   Great military hero of the PRC, former defense minister Guiyang   贵阳   Capital of Guizhou Province Guizhou   贵州   Interior province of China Hebei   河北 Province in northern China geming lao qu   革命老区 Revolutionary areas loyal to the CCP going back to the 2nd Sino-Japanese War Boyan   伯延 A town near Wu'an (武安) in southern Hebei Zhou Enlai de Sige Zhouye   周恩来的四个昼夜 Movie called "The Story of Zhou Enlai" Wang Tiecheng   王铁成   Chinese actor famous for his portrayals of Zhou Enlai Liu Bocheng   刘伯承   Great PLA general who worked closely with Deng Xiaoping cunmin   村民   village people Gu Mu   谷牧 1914-2009, great revolutionary, politician, vice-premier Lin Biao   林彪 Great military hero of the PRC, former defense minister, later rabble rouser Xinjiang 新疆   Autonomous region in China's northwest lao gege   老哥哥   Old buddy Deng Jiaxian 邓稼先   The father of China's nuclear program. Great nuclear physicist Li Siguang   李四光 Great Chinese scientist, father of China's geomechanics program Qian Sanqiang   钱三强 Great nuclear physicist Zhongnanhai   中南海   China's top leadership compound adjacent to the Forbidden City Luóbùpō  罗布破 Lop Nor in Xinjiang province He Long   贺龙 Great PLA general Ngo Dinh Diem 吴廷琰 President of South Vietnam 1955-1963 Yunnan   云南   Province in southwest China Chen Yi   陈毅   Great Chinese leader, general, statesman, football fanatic Sanxian jianshe   三线建设 The Third Front Movement Qinghai   青海   Province in western China Ningxia   宁夏   Autonomous region in the north of China Sichuan   四川   Province in China also known as Szechwan Gansu   甘肃    Province in western China Chen Yun   陈云 Chinese leader and one of the Eight Immortals Bo Yibo   薄一波   Chinese leader and one of the Eight Immortals Li Fuchun   李富春 Leader and statesman in China, handled the planning of China's economy. chi chuan yong   吃穿用 "Eat, Wear, Use" biyaopin   必要品 Necessities of Life riyongpin   日用品   Daily use items Dongfang Hong   东方红   The East is Red Jiang Qing   江青   Mao's last wife, among many other things, all negative. Wu Han   吴晗   Ming dynasty expert, Beijing vice-mayor Yao Wenyuan   姚文元   One of the Gang of Four Wenhui Bao   文汇报   The Wenhui Bao, a Shanghai newspaper Wuhan   武汉   City in Hubei on the Yangzi consisting of the cities of Hankou, Wuchang and Hanyang Hangzhou   杭州   Capital of Zhejiang province Zhong Fa   中发   A Central Directive, like an executive order Luo Ruiqing  罗瑞卿   PLA great and later target of the Cultural Revolution Ye Qun   叶群   PLA colonel and wife of Lin Biao Xiao Xiangrong   肖向荣 Whampoa Military Academy grad, old revolutionary, Luo Ruiqing ally. Yangzi   扬子江   The Yangtse River Pao da siling bu   炮打司令部   Bombard the headquarters (Mao's first Big character poster) Tan Zhenlin   谭震林 Another PLA great Xu Xiangqian   徐向前 Another PLA great Wang Guangmei   王光美   Wife of Liu Shaoqi Song Qingling   宋庆龄   Wife of Sun Yat-sen, later a stateswoman of the PRC Sun
Released:
Mar 11, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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.