http://www.froginawell.net/china/2008/01/zhou-enlai-and-the-chinese-omelette/ The China History Group Blog Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:40:25 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.froginawell.net/china/2008/01/zhou-enlai-and-the-chinese-omelette/comment-page-1/#comment-149702 From the Granite Studio Archives: Zhou Enlai, the Qingming Festival, and the spring demonstrations of 1976 | Jottings from the Granite Studio Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:01:23 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/2008/01/zhou-enlai-and-the-chinese-omelette/#comment-149702 [...] C.W. Hayford at Frog in a Well adds his own thoughts, as well as some amusing Zhou Enlai anecdotes and a useful bibliography for [...] [...] C.W. Hayford at Frog in a Well adds his own thoughts, as well as some amusing Zhou Enlai anecdotes and a useful bibliography for [...]

]]> http://www.froginawell.net/china/2008/01/zhou-enlai-and-the-chinese-omelette/comment-page-1/#comment-130814 Frog in a Well - The China History Group Blog Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:42:16 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/2008/01/zhou-enlai-and-the-chinese-omelette/#comment-130814 [...] thoughts might seem more alluring, but I doubt that he was as self-aware as his #2. Zhou, who I wrote briefly about last year, was in a dependent position, requiring him to watch and react rather than simply striking out [...] [...] thoughts might seem more alluring, but I doubt that he was as self-aware as his #2. Zhou, who I wrote briefly about last year, was in a dependent position, requiring him to watch and react rather than simply striking out [...]

]]> http://www.froginawell.net/china/2008/01/zhou-enlai-and-the-chinese-omelette/comment-page-1/#comment-89693 Frog in a Well - The Korea History Group Blog Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:00:57 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/2008/01/zhou-enlai-and-the-chinese-omelette/#comment-89693 [...] with Jeremiah giving us an overview of some of the memorial images of his life and death. In his posting here at Frog in a Well, Professor Hayford offers us a few more stories about the man’s career [...] [...] with Jeremiah giving us an overview of some of the memorial images of his life and death. In his posting here at Frog in a Well, Professor Hayford offers us a few more stories about the man’s career [...]

]]> http://www.froginawell.net/china/2008/01/zhou-enlai-and-the-chinese-omelette/comment-page-1/#comment-84895 This date in history: The Death of Zhou Enlai Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:55:06 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/2008/01/zhou-enlai-and-the-chinese-omelette/#comment-84895 [...] C.W. Hayford at Frog in a Well adds his own thoughts, as well as some amusing Zhou Enlai anecdotes and a useful bibliography for [...] [...] C.W. Hayford at Frog in a Well adds his own thoughts, as well as some amusing Zhou Enlai anecdotes and a useful bibliography for [...]

]]> http://www.froginawell.net/china/2008/01/zhou-enlai-and-the-chinese-omelette/comment-page-1/#comment-82738 the flying frenchman Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:30:28 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/2008/01/zhou-enlai-and-the-chinese-omelette/#comment-82738 wait, you're tellin' me that nixon pocketed a 7,5 kg bronze horse?! did he have a backpack or what? wait, you’re tellin’ me that nixon pocketed a 7,5 kg bronze horse?! did he have a backpack or what?

]]> http://www.froginawell.net/china/2008/01/zhou-enlai-and-the-chinese-omelette/comment-page-1/#comment-82650 Jim Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:35:09 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/2008/01/zhou-enlai-and-the-chinese-omelette/#comment-82650 I am doubtless garbling this a bit from dim memory, but as I recall it's been argued that Zhou had been part of a Party leadership troika that was distinctly anti-Mao during the retreat from Jiangxi, but jumped ship just before 9or was it at?) Zunyi, when ever the consummate political operator, he sensed which ways the winds of power were blowing. Anyway, the gist was that he from then on dedicated his career to never being on the wrong side of mao again, and mao enjoyed having this hold over him. I am doubtless garbling this a bit from dim memory, but as I recall it’s been argued that Zhou had been part of a Party leadership troika that was distinctly anti-Mao during the retreat from Jiangxi, but jumped ship just before 9or was it at?) Zunyi, when ever the consummate political operator, he sensed which ways the winds of power were blowing. Anyway, the gist was that he from then on dedicated his career to never being on the wrong side of mao again, and mao enjoyed having this hold over him.

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