My Uncle Zhou Enlai (English language edition)

A remarkable and intimate portrait of one of China s greatest and most beloved leaders of the Twentieth Century, My Uncle Zhou Enlai is written by his grand-niece, Zhou Bingde. This firsthand document casts new and valuable light on Zhou s life and work. It is told from the point of view of a young girl growing to womanhood and in step with China s transformation from the era of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Agression in the late 1930s, through the establishment of the People s Republic of China in 1949, up to Zhou Enlai s final years and establishing ties with the United States in the 1970s. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the establishment of the early years of the People s Republic of China and Zhou Enlai s emergence as a major presence in China s domestic and foreign relations.