TY - BOOK AU - Chen,Jian TI - Zhou Enlai: a life SN - 9780674659582 U1 - 951.050 92 CHE/Z PY - 2024/// CY - . - Cambridge PB - : Haward University Press KW - Prime ministers KW - China KW - Biography N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "Zhou Enlai, China's first premier, is overshadowed by Chairman Mao, but Zhou's influence in his own time and since has been vast. Chen Jian shows Zhou using his political and bureaucratic skills and centralism to mitigate the damage caused by Mao's radicalism and argues that Zhou created conditions for the post-Mao reforms that have made China a superpower."-- ER -