Zhou Enlai
/ˌdʒəʊenˈlaɪ/(亦作Chou En-lai)
- (1898-1976) , Chinese Communist statesman, Prime Minister of China 1949-76. A founder of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, he organized a Communist workers' revolt in 1927 in Shanghai in support of the Expedition of the National Revolutionary Army to the North. As Premier, he was a moderating influence during the Cultural Revolution and presided over the moves towards détente with the US in 1972-3.周恩来(1898-1976, 中国共产党政治家、中国总理[1949-1976]; 中国人民解放军创始人之一, 1927年在上海组织共产党工人起义以支援国民革命军北伐; 作为总理, 在“文化大革命”期间发挥了温和的影响, 并在1972-1973年间负责为缓和与美国的关系所采取的各项行动)。