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The writer of the book offers no concrete evidence.
Ms Tsoi, a journalist who was the editor of a liberal political magazine in Hong Kong, presents no definitive proof that Zhou was gay. There are no lovers with tell-all stories, only clues from his diary entries and letters with his wife.
http://www.todayonline.com/chinaindia/china/book-says-zhou-enlai-ex-premier-china-may-have-been-gay
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30 December 2015
Book says Zhou Enlai, China’s first premier, may have been gay
Book says Zhou Enlai, China’s first premier, may have been gay http://bit.ly/1NUW5uI
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HONG KONG — He was a towering figure of the 20th century, instrumental in building the Chinese Communist Party from the battlefield to the halls of power. He worked alongside Mao Zedong for decades, and was revered for his rich intellect and even temperament.
And as the first premier of the People’s Republic of China, Zhou Enlai met with Mr Henry A Kissinger in Beijing in 1971 to pave the way for President Richard M Nixon’s groundbreaking trip to China the next year, beginning a new era in global politics.
Now, a book being published this week offers a radical reinterpretation of Zhou’s life: He was probably gay.
That assertion is sure to be contentious in China, where homosexuality is not widely accepted and where many may view it as an attack on Zhou’s character. Indeed, the book is expected to be banned in mainland China, as are other unauthorised biographies of Zhou.
Ms Tsoi Wing-Mui, the author of the book, “The Secret Emotional Life of Zhou Enlai,” writes that Zhou’s sexual orientation would explain several mysteries about his life, including his cool treatment of his wife and his careful relationship with Mao.
Ms Tsoi, a journalist who was the editor of a liberal political magazine in Hong Kong, presents no definitive proof that Zhou was gay. There are no lovers with tell-all stories, only clues from his diary entries and letters with his wife.
http://www.todayonline.com/chinaindia/china/book-says-zhou-enlai-ex-premier-china-may-have-been-gay
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The new Zhou En–lai book was ridiculous. If that line was proof Zhou was gay, then all Chinese poets like Li Bai and Du Fu were also gay
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Heather Timmonsre that #ZhouEnlai bio, a flashback that still makes me laugh: I Was Gandhi’s Boyfriend http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/04/11/i-was-gandhis-boyfriend …
llustration by LAURIE ROSENWALD
According to a new biography by Joseph Lelyveld, the love of Mahatma Gandhi’s life was a German-Jewish bodybuilder named Hermann Kallenbach. “Your portrait (the only one) stands on my mantelpiece in my bedroom,” Gandhi wrote to Kallenbach. “The mantelpiece is opposite to the bed.”
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/04/11/i-was-gandhis-boyfriend
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Tom Remes Say it isn’t Zhou: Book says #ZhouEnlai, first premier of People’s Republic of #China, may have been gay.
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PIA archives.Chinese Premier #ZhouEnLai with #PIA crew. @XHNews @XinhuaChinese @PDChina @ChinaDailyUSA @Official_PIA
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