Zhou Enlai

We need to remember that the great Chinese statesman Chou En-lai, when asked what he thought of the French Revolution, replied, "It is too soon to tell". I am not suggesting that we need 200 years for reflection, b

tates. We hope that this proposal will receive a positive response. Thirty years ago, during the Sino-Indian talks in December 1953, the late Premier Zhou Enlai of China, for the first time put forward the five principles of peaceful coexistence; namely mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity

determined to turn China into a modern socialist country by the end of the century in accordance with the behests of Chairman Mao Zedong and Premier Zhou Enlai. As from this year, the focus of our work throughout China has been shifted to socialist modernization. The task before us is beyond doubt an arduous

c order. 244. At present, China is in a new period of development. Following the behests of our great leader Chairman Mao Tsetung and beloved Premier Chou En-lai, the Chinese people have set off on a new Long March and are determined to turn China into a prosperous socialist country with modernized agriculture

e for China. We lost our great leader and teacher Chairman Mao Tsedung and his long-tested, close comrades-in-arms, our respected and beloved Premier Chou En-lai and Chairman Chu Teh of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. Their passing away was a loss beyond measure to our Party and count

rned for the sake of narrow and selfish interests. We are convinced that this detente in which Mr. Brezhnev, President Nixon, President Pompidou, Mr. Chou En-lai and Herr Willy Brandt have contributed, is certainly not at the expense of the developing countries. On the contrary, I hope it will enable the latte

Doctrine", the clear enunciation of the policies of the People's Republic of China as, for instance, in the unprecedented interview given by Premier Chou En-lai to Mr. Reston of The New York Times; the intense and continuing policy discussions in Japan; the adjustments in the policies of the Union of Soviet S

ished and hundreds of thousands of Party members were subjected to all kinds of indignity and inhuman treatment. Many of them have since been purged. Chou En-lai, in an interview with Arab newsmen in May of this year, said that the number of Communists who had been purged in the Cultural Revolution amounted to

It would be premature to make guesses about the outcome of a summit meeting between President Nixon and Premier Chou En-lai, but it goes without saying that the announcement of the meeting itself has brought about a sense of relief and generated tremendous hope for peace.

capitalism.” Let no one dismiss what he has to say as an empty threat. 59. The bellicosity in Lin Piao’s political report has recently been echoed by Chou En-lai, the supposed moderate among the Chinese Communist leaders, when he said, at a reception in Peiping: “The 700 million Chinese people, armed with Mao

principles of the Charter of the United Nations, I will cite a passage from the statement made at Peking on 30 September 1969 by the Prime Minister, Chou En-lai, who said: “The peace that we seek is based on five principles: mutual respect for territorial integrity and for sovereignty; mutual non-aggression;

e actions against China and their plots to increase tension on its frontiers. In this connexion the Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of China, Chou En-lai, stated a few days ago on 30 September 1968: “While intensifying their aggression and threats against Eastern Europe, Soviet social imperialists have

This quotation is from Chou En-lai’s statement on Peiping’s third nuclear test, 10 May 1966. It is thus sheer fantasy to expect this regime to contribute constructively to the problem

the name of "national liberation". But the victims of aggression are more often than not States which have already achieved their independence. 100. Chou En-lai, Peiping's so-called Prime Minister, said in a speech in Tanzania on 5 June 1965: "An exceedingly favourable situation for revolution prevails today

ervention in the affairs of other nations, whether on the continents of America, of Europe, of Asia or of Africa, than to refer to a statement by Mr. Chou En-lai when he toured Africa recently. Towards the end of his visit he stated that: "revolutionary prospects are excellent throughout the African continent"

", since they at one time adopted the propaganda line of "peaceful coexistence" vis-a-vis the neighbouring countries in Asia. It is said that in 1954 Chou En-lai even signed with India "the five principles of peaceful coexistence" which were subsequently adopted by the Bandung Conference. However, the true mea

worth-while proposal, it often gets the same treatment from its antagonists. This is regrettably true of the very abrupt Western dismissal of Premier Chou En-lai's statement last July that China would be prepared to conclude a peace pact that would clear Asia and the Pacific of nuclear weapons. As the Latin Am

overnment to assume any obligations whatsoever with regard either to Taiwan or to any other part of China's territory. Hence in a statement issued by Chou En-lai, the Chairman of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, on 6 September on behalf of the Government of the People's Republic of China it

the Taiwan Strait is certainly very serious and fraught with great danger. But you, Mr. President, no doubt, recall with me the statements of Premier Chou En-lai at the Bandung Conference pointing to the possibility of a peaceful solution to the question of Taiwan.

Prime Minister of Burma, and several other statesmen of Asian countries. 168. I must also emphasize the great importance of the statement made by Mr. Chou En-lai, Prime Minister of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, at the recent session of the All-China People’s Congress. In that statement h

fully, but it has been possible in the last two years to. make some progress, beginning with the conference in the summer of 1954 in Geneva, when Mr. Chou En-lai, the Prime Minister of China, spent a considerable time at Geneva. 128. This is again an example of the fact that the most complex political problems

Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations. 59. At the Bandung Conference, I met with the Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of China, Mr. Chou En-lai. As a result of our talks, I believe that he was convinced that Pakistan had joined the Manila Treaty not with any aggressive intention against the P

rter principle that States should refrain in their international relations from the threat of force. 60. From the site of the Bandung Conference, Mr. Chou En-lai proposed direct discussions with the United States, a proposal which I promptly indicated was acceptable to the United States so long as we dealt onl

vernment of India is glad to be able to relate that both the Head of State, Mao Tse-tung, and the Prime Minister of the People’s Government of China, Chou En-lai, have recently said that it has been pointed out to them that the millions of Chinese who are overseas but claim Chinese nationality and who support

es have made it amply clear that it would not be possible for them to break away from their Soviet masters, nor do they so desire. On 11 August 1954, Chou En-lai, reporting his visit to East Germany, Poland, the Soviet Union and Outer Mongolia, told of his keen appreciation of the growing strength of all the b

In Mr. Chou En-lai’s reply there are assertions which cannot be read without indignation. Let us look at two of them, which are a bitter mockery of world public opinion

g political conference on Korea continues to preoccupy the peoples of the world. The delegation of the Byelorussian SSR supports the proposals of Mr. Chou En-lai, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China [A/2469] and Mr. Li Don Gen, the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Peopl

questions and other controversial Far Eastern problems by negotiation and agreement. 39. The communication dated 13 September 1953 [A/2469] from Mr. Chou En-lai, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, and the communication dated 14 September 1953 [A/2476 and Corr. 1] from the Governme

ent was a matter of immediate concern and which might contribute to the success of the conference. 9. It is also clear, from the telegram sent by Mr. Chou En-lai, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, and from the statement of Mr. Li Don