Chou En-lai

Chou En-lai (1898 - 1976), also Zhou Enlai, was a Chinese statesman and military officer. He was the first premier of the People's Republic of China from 1 October 1949 until his death on 8 January 1976.

Wisdom & Quotes

• All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.

- quoted by Edgar Snow, Saturday Evening Post, March 27, 1954

• Over our vast land the storm-clouds rise,

All of us sunk in gloom, who dares speak out?
Now, to intensify our pain, autumn's come:
The Chirping of crickets is too much for my ears.

• You cannot salvage the situation with strong leadership alone. You have to have strong followers to support the leadership ... You have to have them all with you before you can push a revolution to a successful conclusion.

Bertolt Brecht