Zhou Enlai

Enigmatic, Eminence grise, the ''power behind the throne'' – these phrases sum up Zhou Enlai''s long and varied, but always pivotal, political career in the Chinese Communist Party from the 1920s to 1970s.

Born in 1898, Zhou witnessed several of the most important events in China''s modern history and was a close associate of both the nationalist leader Chiang Kai-Shek and communist leader Mao Zed...