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ZhouEnlai(ChouEn-lai),thesonofwealthyparents,wasborninJiangsu,China,in1898.HewaseducatedinamissionarycollegeinTianjinbeforestudyingatauniversityinJapan.HemovedtoFrancein1920wherehehelpedtoformtheoverseasbranchoftheChineseCommunistParty.HealsolivedinBritainandGermanybeforereturningtoChinain1924.

AsmembersoftheCommunistPartyMaoZedong,ZhuDeandZhouEnlaiadaptedtheideasofLeninwhohadsuccessfullyachievedarevolutioninRussiain1917.TheyarguedthatinAsiaitwasimportanttoconcentrateonthecountrysideratherthanthetowns,inordertocreatearevolutionaryelite.

ZhouEnlaiwasthemostpopularleaderinChinaduringthe20thcentury.EvenamongthemadnessduringtheCulturalRevolution,hecontinuedtomakeanefforttopursuedemocratic(民主的)ideas,whileatthesametimesupportingleaderslikeMao.HeexercisedhisdiplomaticskilltoopenChinaratherthanisolateitfromtherestoftheworld.Inturn,hebroughtChinaintoaperiodofstableeconomicvitality,andmanynationsthroughouttheworldcheered,astheycouldnowtradetheirgoodsandservices.Thedespairandpovertybroughtthefamilytonewlows.Zhouoftenworkedthefieldstosecurefoodforhisfamily.In1910,whenhewastenyearsold,heleftHuaianandwenttoManchuria.Hestudiedacademicsthere,andhadexcellentgradesmostofthetime.Inthosedays,helearnedpolitics,whichhadadeepimpactonhislife.Whenhewasfifteenyearsold,hebeganmiddleschoolinTianjin.Duringhisfour-yearstaytherehesurroundedhimselfinbooks,sports,andpoliticalmovements.Fromages17to19,hestudiedatJapan.Afterhisrelease,in1920,hewenttoFrance.In1921knowingthattheCCP(ChineseCommunistParty)wasestablishedinShanghai,hebecameamember.DuringhisstudyinFrancein1922,heestablishedtheChineseCommunist'sYouthGroup.Afterthat,hestudiedinEnglandforseveralmonths,andthenwenttoGermanytostudy.In1924,hereturnedtoChina,andheservedanimportantwiththeCCP.In1926hedirectedageneralstrikeinShanghaiwhichwasoccupiedbytheKuomintang(NationalistArmy),(中國國民黨)buttheuprisingendedinultimatefailure.AfterthisfailurehereturnedtoShanghaiwiththerestoftheCCP.HeheldprominentmilitaryandpoliticalpostsintheCommunistparty,andfrom1935to1936,heparticipatedinthelongmarch.DuringtheCommunist-Kuomintangrapprochementfrom1936to1946,hemovedasthechiefCommunistliaisonAndwhenthePeople'sRepublicofChinawasestablishedin1949,hebecamepremierandforeignminister.HetookpartintheGenevaConferenceof1954andtheBandungConferenceof1955;aplacewhereheexercisedhisexcellentdiplomaticskills.In1958heresignedasforeignminister,butretainedhistitleasPremiere.Asapracticalperson,ZhoumaintainedhispositionthroughoutallofCommunistChina'sideological(意識形態(tài)的)upheavals,includingtheGreatLeapForwardof1958,andsubsequently

theCulturalRevolution.HemadeanefforttoreleasecomradesimprisonedduringtheCulturalRevolution,andasaresulthewascriticizedbyJiangQingandRedGuards.Beforehebecameill,intheearly1970shewaslargelyresponsibleforChina'srestablishingcontactwiththeWest.AndonJanuary8,1976,whenhewasseventy-eightyearsold,hedied.Hisunhappychildhoodhadagreatimpactonhislife.Hissensitiveness,excessivebehavior,andunbelievablecontributionstoworkmighthavestemmedfromhischildhood.Becausehehadpoliticaltoughness(韌性)andunderstoodwesternpower,hewasasoleleaderinreformingChina.Healwayschosethepositiveoverthenegative,andcalledonthepeopletouniteandcooperate.Intheend,manymournedhisdeath,astheylostnotonlyaleader,butalsoabrother,andasymbolicfather.Afterhisdeath,onemillionfivehundredthousandpeoplecametoseehiscoffin,andmemorialsforhimwereheldeverywhere.OneofthememorialreportsdevotedtoZhouEnlaiwrote:"Helookstohaveleftnothingforus.But...hehavehundredsmillionsofchildrenandgrandchildren,andallthelandofChinaisgraveforhim".EnlaicontributedtoChina'smodernizationandinternationalization.InJune1953,hemadefivedeclarations

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ThisdeclarationmadeChinaopen,andnotisolated(隔離),fromtheotherAsiancountries.HeservedasthediplomaticleadershipforInternationalCommunismattheGenevaConferencein1953.AttheBandungConferenceof1955,hemaintainedtherighttopossessTaiwananddemandedtheapprovalofChina,forinthosedaysthecountrycalledChinanowwascalledCCP.Hissophisticated

diplomaticskillbroughtalotofprofittoChina.Hewasdrawnbackfromthepoliticalfrontlinesintheearlyhalfof1960sbecausehecontradictedtheGreatLeapForward.ButduringtheCulturalRevolutionhemadeagreatefforttosavecomradesbeingpersecutedorimprisoned.Intheearlyof1970s,heservedaprominentpostintheparty.Hesuggestedpoliciesincludinghis"FourModernization"(四個現(xiàn)代化)toreconstructChinahavingbeendestroyedandconfusedbytheCulturalRevolution.1、聯(lián)合國前秘書長哈馬啥爾德于1955年在北京會見過周總理后說過一句廣為流傳的話:“與周恩來相比，我們簡直就是野蠻人。”

2、美國前總統(tǒng)尼克松親自為周總理脫外套，時間:1972年2月22日上午，地點:北京釣魚臺國賓館。

3、美國前總統(tǒng)尼克松說:“中國假如沒有毛澤東就可能不會燃起