Zhou Enlai

(Wade-Giles) Chou En-lai

[joh en-lahy, joh uhn-lahy]

noun

1. 1898–1976, Chinese Communist leader: premier 1949–76.

Example Sentences

Visits to the front, rousing of troops, evading rampant typhoid, enigmatic encounters with notable leaders like Republican Chiang Kai-shek and Communist Zhou Enlai.

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The menu was signed in fountain pen by six influential Chinese statesmen, including Mao and Premier Zhou Enlai.

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“To hold a menu signed by Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai is to hold a piece of the past – a piece that tells a story of diplomatic engagement, cultural exchange, and the forging of friendships that have endured through the decades,” Bobby Livingston, executive vice president at RR Auction, said in a statement.

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He also played China against the Soviet Union with secret talks with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai, which led to the ground-breaking 1972 summit between Nixon and Communist China’s “Great Helmsman,” Mao Zedong.

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In July 1971, he eluded reporters and flew secretly to Beijing, where he quickly established a rapport with Premier Zhou Enlai.

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