Possible Clues:

• Associate of Zhou
• Leader repeatedly praised in the (doctored) Mandarin edition of Bill Clinton's 'My Life'
• Deng's predecessor
• Red Army chief
• Portrait on Chinese currency
• 'From ___ to Mozart' (1980 film)
• Red Guard supporter
• He married He
• Statesman on a 100-yuan note
• Regularly dismissed smear on Eastern leader