"Nikita Khrushchev: You must acknowledge that I come from the working class, while you were born to a family of the bourgeoisie."
— Zhou Enlai

January 1, 1970

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As quoted in 15 Years After Zhou's Death, His Image Is Larger Than Life, The New York Times, Nicholas D. Kristof, 1991-02-03