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Zhou Enlai, Jawaharlal Nehru and Estranged ‘Afro — Asian Unity’

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Even after the promotion of Chen Yi as Foreign Minister, Zhou Enlai continued to assume responsibility for Asian affairs. Zhou paid special attention to India, as Sino-Indian relations were pivotal to the application of the united front strategy of the 1950s which divided the world into the ‘socialist camp’, the ‘imperialist camp’ and an intermediate camp of national independence and ‘neutralism’.

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Keith, R.C. (1989). Zhou Enlai, Jawaharlal Nehru and Estranged ‘Afro — Asian Unity’. In: The Diplomacy of Zhou Enlai. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09890-3_6

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