Talk:28 Bolsheviks

Talk 1
Thomas Kampen argues that the ‘28 Bolsheviks’ were a faction just in Moscow, not having the importance within Chinese Communist Party that Western histories have assumed. That Zhou Enlai was more involved in Mao's eclipse than anyone liked to admit later.

"Mao was deprived of power after Zhou Enlai’s arrival in the Soviet and before the arrival of the Central leadership in the following year." (Page 61, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and the Evolution of the Chinese Communist Leadership)

Zhou had been a much more important leader from early on. He assumed that he knew better than Mao. Then conceded that he did not and supported Mao's leadership for the rest of his career.

--GwydionM 20:08, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Fixed one extra spelling error and also added sections; much easier for users and for future edits.--GwydionM 20:55, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Removed reference to Yang Shangkun as being "leader of the Communist Party". DOR (HK) (talk) 08:58, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Ref comment above about Zhou vs. Mao, I agree: Zhou was among the very top leaders in the party when he arrived in Jiangxi, and set about removing Mao from his posts in the party and military. That was much earlier than the 1933 arrival of Bo Gu. DOR (HK) (talk) 09:42, 20 May 2008 (UTC)