Zhou Enlai, born on this day in 1898, was a communist revolutionary, statesman, and military officer who served as the 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1976. "All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means."

Zhou was educated in a missionary college in Tianjin before studying at a Japanese university. In Tianjin, he met his future wife, Deng Yingchao while participating in a radical political group known as the "Awakening Society". In 1920, Zhou moved to France, where he helped form the overseas branch of the Communist Party of China. He also lived in Britain and Germany before returning to China in 1924.

While working in the Political Department of the Whampoa Military Academy, Zhou was also made the secretary of the Communist Party of Guangdong-Guangxi, and served as the CPC representative with the rank of major-general.

After the Chinese Civil War broke out in 1927, Zhou served in the communist forces, helping establish and oversee a network of underground cells of communist resistance. Zhou played a leading role in the Long March of 1934-35, an arduous military retreat of communist forces over 8,000 miles.

Following the Zunyi Conference in 1935, Mao Zedong became Zhou's assistant. After the conclusion of the Long March, Mao officially took over Zhou Enlai's leading position in the CPC, while Zhou took a secondary position as vice-chairman. Both would hold their leadership positions until their deaths in 1976.

Zhou was a prominent participant in the 1955 Asian–African Conference, held in Indonesia. The conference produced a declaration in strongly in favor of peace, the abolition of nuclear arms, general arms reduction, and the principle of universal representation at the United Nations. Zhou was critical of American imperial aggression and stated "the population of Asia will never forget that the first atom bomb was exploded on Asian soil."

Zhou passed away from bladder cancer on January 8th, 1976, just nine months before Mao Zedong's death in September that year.

"Today the first unification of the Chinese people has emerged. The people themselves have become the masters of Chinese soil, and the rule of the reactionaries in China has been irrevocably overthrown."

Zhou Enlai, from "Chinese People Will not Tolerate Aggression" (October 1950)

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  • PaX [comrade/them, they/them]
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    8 months ago

    It's fine if you don't wanna say but what are you eating?

    I was into research chems for a long time and I'm just curious lol

    • TheDialectic [none/use name]
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      8 months ago

      Well, eating is a bit glib. I don't think these are in the same sphere as RCs normally. I am getting semiglutide powder. The places thst sell this mostly sell like steroid style stuff. However it is like one fifth the price my insurance is asking for it so that is rad.

      • PaX [comrade/them, they/them]
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        8 months ago

        Ohh no wayy, I didn't know there's grey market Ozempic-type chems out there lmao

        I guess I shouldn't be surprised cuz it's not a huge step up from those obscure peptides people have been selling for years

        I may have to look into this cuz I have had issues with my weight for a long time...

        I'm glad you're getting it for way cheaper than even with insurance. I don't expect you to share your source or anything but... how much is it costing you? I bet you prob get this stuff off of the clearnet lol

        Do you have any concerns about purity? I have no familiarity at all with the kind of chemistry involved in synthesizing peptides like this but it seems really difficult and expensive...

        • TheDialectic [none/use name]
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          8 months ago

          Oh nah, we cool here. I found a site that is well reviewed and has no recent major complaints. I spend a week or two reading speciality reddit and body building forums where people just straight up hook eachother with steroids. I got a big vial from Artic peptides. Seems to be working so far. People report good quality. Although, who can say as they ddi have some drama in the past. However I would expect any kind of drug deal to have a checkered past so who knows. When I am out of this I am real tempted to buy a bulk order from xce peptides. That is one of the labs in China. People reported the occasional customs issue though. The chemistry is easy enough for someone with a lab and some o-chem skills. I dunno how well the process is industrialized but it shouldn't be hard tondo well. So paying out of pocket for a doctor here has me expecting around $400 a month. My insurance doesn't really seem to cover anything about it. I am looking at about $120 a month from the mainstream site. Something like $40 a month if I buy a year's supply from the place in China though.

            • TheDialectic [none/use name]
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              8 months ago

              Yeah, it does feel especially gross how much strongly this is gated by money. Capitlaism I know but ugh.

              • PaX [comrade/them, they/them]
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                8 months ago

                Yeahhh it's awful

                I feel like as long as slop remains the most easily accessible and cheapest kind of food in Amerikkka Brandon should be sending me free Ozempic lol