He picked Brazil to live in because the landscape there reminded him of his native Szechwan. Then in 1970, when Brazil broke off diplomatic relations with the Republic of China, Chang moved to Los Angeles in the United States.
民國五十九年，巴西政府承認中共，他乃毅然放棄耗費鉅資、經營多年的宅第，移居美國，重新購建「環蓽庵」和「可以居」。