Zhou Enlai's Former Residence

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  • Address
    73 Sinan Rd, French Concession
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  • Phone
    6473 0420
  • Transport
    underground rail: South Shaanxi Rd

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Lonely Planet review

In 1946 Zhou Enlai, the urbane and much-loved (although some swear he was even more sly than Mao) first premier of the People's Republic of China, lived in this Spanish villa. Zhou was then head of the Communist Party's Shanghai office, and spent much of his time giving press conferences and dodging Kuomintang agents who spied on him from across the road.

There's not much to see these days except Spartan beds and stern-looking desks, but the charming neighbourhood, with its lovely old houses, is a great place to wander around.