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...While Chou banqueted with Nehru, the West lay in untidy disunity. In Washington, the leaders of Britain...
...trouble to conceal their suspicions and their differences. While they debated whether or not to begin now or later a study to decide whether to consider drawing up a pact to protect Southeast Asia, Chou was already engaged in urging some of the prospective members (India, Burma, Indonesia) to sign non-aggression pacts with China...
Geneva had established beyond recall Chou and Chou's China as a world force...
From the moment he boarded the Air India Constellation at Geneva, Chou En-lai set out to charm the Indians. He smiled graciously at the air hostess and murmured "I am grateful" at the slightest mark of attention. He ostentatiously relished the galley's chicken curry and passed around autographs and packets of Chinese cigarettes. Just before the plane touched down at New Delhi's Palam airport, Chou handed the crew a written certificate: "Skillful pilotship and wonderful service. All this is worthy of being learned by Chinese airlines. I am grateful to the Indian government for sending...
Jawaharlal Nehru and his Indians seemed just as anxious to please. Nehru had run 2,500 friends of Red China out to the airport in 50 chartered buses so they could shower Chou with rose petals and cry out "Chin Hind bhai bhai" (Chinese and Indians are brothers, brothers) as the black-garbed Communist walked down the ramp. Nehru had Chou garlanded with flowers, led him around a guard of honor...