While working in Wuhan, this founding member of the Chinese Communist Party was the CCP's main contact with the outside world. Later, under a temporary alliance with warlord Yan Xishan, he set up a secret CCP headquarters in Taiyuan. Which political figure, who became the first premier of the People's Republic in 1949, connects Wuhan and Taiyuan?

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Zhou Enlai. Zhou Enlai (1898-1976) was one of the most influential figures in modern Chinese history, serving as premier of the People's Republic of China from 1949 until his death in 1976 and shaping much of the country's early diplomacy.