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The Resource Zhou Enlai : the last perfect revolutionary : a biography, Gao Wenqian ; translated by Peter Rand and Lawrence R. Sullivan

Zhou Enlai : the last perfect revolutionary : a biography, Gao Wenqian ; translated by Peter Rand and Lawrence R. Sullivan

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"Zhou Enlai, the premier of the People's Republic of China from 1949 until his death in 1976, is the last Communist political leader to be revered by the Chinese Communist Party. Often touted as "the last perfect revolutionary," he is presented as a modern saint who offered protection to his people during the Cultural Revolution, and an icon that allows modern China to find an admirable figure in what was a traumatic and bloody era." "In China, works about Zhou Enlai are heavily censored, and every hint of criticism removed. When Gao Wenqian first published this work in 2003 in Hong Kong, it was immediately banned in the People's Republic." "In this expanded English edition of that work (which includes additional historical and biographical background on Zhou Enlai and Chinese political history), we are offered an objective portrait of the real Zhou, a man who lived his life at the heart of Chinese politics for fifty years and survived - not thanks to ideological or personal purity, but because he was artful, wily, and politically supple. Although Nixon may have called him "the greatest statesman of our era," Zhou's greatest gift - a result of his acute understanding of where political power resided at any one time - was to survive Mao, Maoism, the Long March, the war against the Nationalists, and the Cultural Revolution." "What emerges from Gao Wenqian's telling is a richly layered portrait of Zhou Enlai, one that offers insight into his relationship with Mao Zedong, and enhances our understanding of modern China."--Jacket
Language
  • eng
  • chi
  • eng
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Publication
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
1 online resource (xiv, 345 pages)
Note
Adapted and enlarged from author's work Wan nian Zhou Enlai published in 2003
Contents
  • Introduction / by Andrew J. Nathan
  • The kiss of death
  • The making of a revolutionary
  • A young communist in Europe
  • Building the infrastructure of revolution
  • Birds of a different feather
  • A rising star
  • Trapping the "Chinese Khrushchev"
  • "Preparing to take the test"
  • "A man of both sides"
  • A whirlpool of absurdity
  • No exit
  • Heir pre-emptive
  • Night flight
  • Whither China's future?
  • Long knives
  • From duet to duel
  • Sick-bed politics
  • The final battle
  • Epilogue : more power in death than life
Isbn
9781586486457
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Label
Zhou Enlai : the last perfect revolutionary : a biography
Title
Zhou Enlai
Title remainder
the last perfect revolutionary : a biography
Statement of responsibility
Gao Wenqian ; translated by Peter Rand and Lawrence R. Sullivan
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Language
  • eng
  • chi
  • eng
Summary
"Zhou Enlai, the premier of the People's Republic of China from 1949 until his death in 1976, is the last Communist political leader to be revered by the Chinese Communist Party. Often touted as "the last perfect revolutionary," he is presented as a modern saint who offered protection to his people during the Cultural Revolution, and an icon that allows modern China to find an admirable figure in what was a traumatic and bloody era." "In China, works about Zhou Enlai are heavily censored, and every hint of criticism removed. When Gao Wenqian first published this work in 2003 in Hong Kong, it was immediately banned in the People's Republic." "In this expanded English edition of that work (which includes additional historical and biographical background on Zhou Enlai and Chinese political history), we are offered an objective portrait of the real Zhou, a man who lived his life at the heart of Chinese politics for fifty years and survived - not thanks to ideological or personal purity, but because he was artful, wily, and politically supple. Although Nixon may have called him "the greatest statesman of our era," Zhou's greatest gift - a result of his acute understanding of where political power resided at any one time - was to survive Mao, Maoism, the Long March, the war against the Nationalists, and the Cultural Revolution." "What emerges from Gao Wenqian's telling is a richly layered portrait of Zhou Enlai, one that offers insight into his relationship with Mao Zedong, and enhances our understanding of modern China."--Jacket
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digitized
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
QE2
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1953-
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Gao, Wenqian
Dewey number
951.05092
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Language note
English
LC call number
DS778.C593
LC item number
G366 2007eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1942-
  • 1953-
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  • Rand, Peter
  • Sullivan, Lawrence R
  • Gao, Wenqian
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  • Zhou, Enlai
  • Prime ministers
  • China
  • China
  • Zhou, Enlai
  • Tschou En-lai
  • Zhou, Enlai
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
  • HISTORY
  • Last years of a person's life
  • Politics and government
  • Prime ministers
  • China
  • Kommunistische Partei
Label
Zhou Enlai : the last perfect revolutionary : a biography, Gao Wenqian ; translated by Peter Rand and Lawrence R. Sullivan
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Publication
Note
Adapted and enlarged from author's work Wan nian Zhou Enlai published in 2003
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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online resource
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  • cr
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rdacarrier
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multicolored
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text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction / by Andrew J. Nathan -- The kiss of death -- The making of a revolutionary -- A young communist in Europe -- Building the infrastructure of revolution -- Birds of a different feather -- A rising star -- Trapping the "Chinese Khrushchev" -- "Preparing to take the test" -- "A man of both sides" -- A whirlpool of absurdity -- No exit -- Heir pre-emptive -- Night flight -- Whither China's future? -- Long knives -- From duet to duel -- Sick-bed politics -- The final battle -- Epilogue : more power in death than life
Control code
471132904
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
1 online resource (xiv, 345 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781586486457
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
78f9a7c2-39cc-43f9-ac1d-40ee44fe0840
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not applicable
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unknown
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction.
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)471132904
System details
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Label
Zhou Enlai : the last perfect revolutionary : a biography, Gao Wenqian ; translated by Peter Rand and Lawrence R. Sullivan
Publication
Note
Adapted and enlarged from author's work Wan nian Zhou Enlai published in 2003
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction / by Andrew J. Nathan -- The kiss of death -- The making of a revolutionary -- A young communist in Europe -- Building the infrastructure of revolution -- Birds of a different feather -- A rising star -- Trapping the "Chinese Khrushchev" -- "Preparing to take the test" -- "A man of both sides" -- A whirlpool of absurdity -- No exit -- Heir pre-emptive -- Night flight -- Whither China's future? -- Long knives -- From duet to duel -- Sick-bed politics -- The final battle -- Epilogue : more power in death than life
Control code
471132904
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
1 online resource (xiv, 345 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781586486457
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
78f9a7c2-39cc-43f9-ac1d-40ee44fe0840
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction.
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)471132904
System details
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

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