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Zhou's group arrived in Marseilles 13 December.

Unlike most other Chinese students, who traveled to Europe on work-study programs, Zhou's scholarship and position with Yishi bao meant that he was well provided for and did not have to do any work during his stay.

Because of his financial position, he was able to devote himself full-time to revolutionary activities.

In a letter to his cousin in 30 January 1921, Zhou said that his goals in Europe were to discover the social conditions in foreign countries and their methods of resolving social issues, for the purpose of later applying these lessons to China after his return.

In the same letter he told his cousin that, regarding his adoption of a specific ideology, " I still have to make up my mind.