In the autumn of 1949 the Communists swept across the mainland, and in its turn the city of Guangzhou came under their banner. Mr. Wu evaded capture, temporarily staying at Rennie's Mill, a village on Hong Kong's Kowloon Peninsula. From there, through the intercession of a compatriot and only after letters had flown back and forth for many months, he finally came to settle in Taiwan.
四九年秋，中共席捲大陸，廣州市亦相繼易幟，吳老先生避居香港調景嶺，後經同袍協助，在多月的文件往來後終得定居台灣。