Heterodox
The Zhou Enlai Paradox A bit over a half century ago when Henry Kissinger was organizing Richard Nixon’s visit to China, he was largely interacting on this matter with Zhou Enlai (Chou-Enlai in Wade-Giles transliteration). He reported that during their negotiations he asked Zhou what he thought of the French Revolution. Zhou replied that “It is too soon to tell.” This has since been taken as deep insight by Zhou on a deep historical issue, which...
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