Khrushchev once spoke to Zhou Enlai. Khrushchev says A big difference between the USSR and PRC is that I rose to power from a proletarian family, meanwhile you ascended to power from the privileged Mandarin class of China. Zhou Enlai replied that they have a striking similarity, that they are both traitors to their class. Where you come from means less than where you stand on the issue of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Zhou Enlai was not harmed by the PRC for his family’s wealth, he was welcomed with open arms as a friend of the Proletarian Revolution.
I can look more into it later but I read that he got into anti-Japanese intellectual groups and organizations during the time of their occupation. During this time he became a connection between the Communist Party and the rest of the outside world for collecting information, communication with other anti-Japan organizations, etc.
Khrushchev once spoke to Zhou Enlai. Khrushchev says A big difference between the USSR and PRC is that I rose to power from a proletarian family, meanwhile you ascended to power from the privileged Mandarin class of China. Zhou Enlai replied that they have a striking similarity, that they are both traitors to their class. Where you come from means less than where you stand on the issue of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Zhou Enlai was not harmed by the PRC for his family’s wealth, he was welcomed with open arms as a friend of the Proletarian Revolution.
that’s great, but what did he do that managed to convince the peoples’ revolutionary army that he’s an ally, despite coming from bougies?
I can look more into it later but I read that he got into anti-Japanese intellectual groups and organizations during the time of their occupation. During this time he became a connection between the Communist Party and the rest of the outside world for collecting information, communication with other anti-Japan organizations, etc.