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[jfxgillis]

In the late '80s, a friend of mine had a brother who was a Chinese scholar. He met and married a woman over in China at University. She was later involved in the local version (Western Provinces, I think it was) of the Democracy movement.

After Tiannemen Square, possibly with a nod from the Communist Party, my friend's brother and his wife had about 24 hours to flee before she would've been in DEEP DEEP shit. And I mean, Red China-type DEEP DEEP shit. 50/50 she'd have been executed, but as the wife of an American citizen, we figured the Politburo just didn't need any additional headaches from Washington if the wife was imprisoned or worse. So they got out to Seattle where I had dinner with them and she spent the evening explaining to all of us the connection between her two great political heroes, the two political leaders she loved and admired the most:

Mao Zedong and Ronald Reagan.