When the government of Brazil decided to establish diplomatic relations with the Chinese Communist regime in 1970, however, he withdrew all his investment and moved to the west coast of the United States.
民國五十九年，由於巴西承認中共，他毅然拋棄了在那裡投下的心血和多年建設的成果，在風景秀麗的美國西岸卡麥爾藝術城附近購置了「可以居」和「環蓽庵」，又在當地定居下來。