Word: chou
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most reluctant rubberneck in Egypt last week was Communist China's Premier Chou Enlai. Granted only three sessions with President Nasser during his week's sojourn in Cairo, Chou was propelled relentlessly through the list of VIP tourist attractions: an automobile plant, a museum, Egypt's military academy, the Aswan Dam. When his hosts insisted on a close-up inspection of the Sphinx, Chou asked plaintively: "Do I have to go? I've already seen it from a distance...
Though the visit to Egypt was only the first leg of his scheduled two-month swing through Africa, the round of sightseeing clearly tired the ailing, 67-year-old Chou. For the first time, Westerners noticed that he has only partial use of his right arm, which was usually clutched tightly over his stomach. At one point, after climbing a flight of stairs at an Aswan power station, the ashen-faced Premier staggered off into a corner as if he were about to faint...
...doctors in his entourage hurried over and appeared to give him a whiff of smelling salts. As Chou raised his head, blood trickled from his nose. "It happens whenever he gets tired," shrugged one of his aides. "It is not serious, but that is why he always has a doctor with...
...Chou nonetheless had plenty of energy for speechmaking, harped repeatedly on the Peking version of Moscow's we-will-bury-you refrain. Indeed, to hear Chou, the Afro-Asians will bury not only the West but Russia as well. "The Asian and African peoples," he proclaimed, "through their labor and intellect created illustrious civilizations which were demolished by imperialist aggression and tyranny. Now that we have broken the imperialistic shackles, we will be able to work new miracles...
...welcome might be more satisfactory in countries that have or need Chinese technicians, loans and trade agreements-Algeria, Guinea, Ghana, Mali. Elsewhere, Chou's reception promises to range from the cool to the curious, roughly the way it was back in Cheng...