A new book claims China’s first Prime Minister was most likely gay. Zhou Enlai, China’s beloved first Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of China under Mao Zedong, is the subject of a new controversial book which suggest he was in fact gay. The leader was married with two children and died in 1976 however the book, which is set to be published in Hong Kong, claims he was once “in love” with a male schoolmate, two years his junior. The author’s suspicions are based on public diaries and letters written between Zhou and his wife that she says show an emotional detachment. Hong Kong-based author Tsoi Wing-mui says: “When mainland Chinese authors came into contact with this material, they would not consider the possibility of homosexuality. “Zhou Enlai was a gay politician who had the misfortune of being born 100 years early.”
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First published: Thursday, 31st December 2015 - 10:15am