Tragic times forced Ho Kuan-ying to settle down in a foreign land; and at the same time many mainlanders took refuge in Brazil to escape the consequences of communism. A group of Shanghai businessmen were a notable feature of this period.
時代的悲喜劇，使何冠英羈留異鄉；同一時期，更有許多大陸人為了躲避赤禍，避居巴西。這其間，又以一批上海企業家最引人矚目。